The alleged company town would house Tesla, Boring and SpaceX workers.
Elon Musk is apparently directing his attention away from running
Twitter and towards a new project. The entrepreneur is planning to build a
company town for Tesla, Boring and SpaceX employees, according to a report
from The Wall Street Journal.
Sources told the publication that Musk has acquired 3,500 acres
of land in Texas, where he’ll erect a town for employees to live in called
Snailbrook, a reference to the Boring company mascot.
The WSJ
report cites county deeds, as well as emails to county officials and
internal communications. It also states that Boring employees have already
been invited to apply for housing. Rent for a two or three bedroom house
would be around $800 USD a month.
The alleged town would likely be situated in Bastrop County
near Austin. Musk operates factories for Tesla, Boring and SpaceX around the
general area. Just last year, Tesla opened a new Gigafactory for
manufacturing in Austin, following Musk’s 2020 move to the state from
California, the reason of which he attributed to coronavirus
restrictions.
Additionally, the town would include a Montessori
school for children and hold its own mayoral election.
