In March, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted that he wanted to create a city encompassing Boca Chica Village and the surrounding area. Advertisement“Please consider moving to Starbase or greater Brownsville/South Padre area in Texas & encourage friends to do so!” Musk tweeted this week. In Nevada, the governor wants to allow tech companies to essentially create their own local governments. A company town was almost a necessary overhead expense, said Tracy Hadden Loh, a fellow at Brookings, a D.C.-based think tank. “Now is Nevada’s time to take a leading role in developing the technology solutions the entire world will use.”Berns and Sisolak have insisted the project would not be a company town.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 02, 2021 12:02 UTC