On May 5th, Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, announced on social platform X that the Starship Base in Texas had officially become a town.
According to a report by Bloomberg on April 4th, residents of the Boca Chica community in southern Texas passed a voting proposal with 212 votes in favor and 6 against, deciding to upgrade this area into a town named "Starship Base".
According to the results published on the local election website, the residents of the remote communities surrounding the SpaceX rocket launch site and headquarters overwhelmingly supported this plan with 212 votes in favor and 6 against. At the same time, the residents also elected the first batch of elected officials for this town, all three of whom are current or former employees of SpaceX.
This new town, covering 1.45 square miles, has residents who are almost entirely SpaceX employees and their families. However, some nearby residents oppose the construction of this town and accuse SpaceX of causing environmental damage.
Impressive! A Starlink base is now a city. Local residents are real beneficiaries.
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