It could not matter if Elon Musk cannot remake Twitter to his design. He reportedly has ambitions to construct a real-world utopia.
Based on an in-depth Wall Road Journal report citing a number of sources with information of the scenario, Elon Musk has bought 1000’s of acres of farmland exterior of Austin, Texas. He allegedly plans to construct his personal city on the land. The WSJ says that in conferences with landowners and actual property brokers, Musk and his reps have described a utopian city the place his staff might each reside and work alongside the Colorado River.
Boring Co. execs have reportedly seemed into how they could incorporate a city in Bastrop County, 35 miles from the state capital in Austin. Individuals with information of the plans say Musk needs Boring, SpaceX, and Tesla staff residing in and round Austin to have entry to properties they may hire at extra reasonably priced charges than they could discover in an iconic tech location just like the notoriously costly San Francisco, CA.
The Journal studies that the city is already extra actual than not. The property which could develop into Musk’s utopia adjoins incomplete SpaceX and Boring Co. amenities in Bastrop. The WSJ says the situation already hosts a number of modular properties and leisure amenities, together with a pool and fitness center. Indicators on the location say it’s “Snailbrook, TX, est. 2021″—”Snailbrook” additionally references Boring’s unofficial mascot, the snail.
Insider notes that Musk has expressed utopian inspirations prior to now:
In 2021, Musk issued an “pressing” plea for extra housing in Austin, Texas as SpaceX and Tesla seemed to fill a whole lot of jobs within the space. On the time, Musk had mentioned he deliberate to type a brand new metropolis known as Starbase at SpaceX’s launch amenities in Texas, a couple of five-hour drive from Austin. However, whereas SpaceX staff have taken over a lot of Boca Chica, Texas, it is unclear whether or not Musk ever totally established town.
Utopian ideas primarily based on auto manufacturing wants aren’t new. Henry Ford’s failed Fordlandia was a Ford Motor Firm try to determine a rubber plantation within the Brazilian Amazon within the Nineteen Twenties. Ford envisioned a self-sustaining American-styled group with properties, faculties, church buildings, and trendy conveniences. It might home 1000’s of staff and provide latex for Ford’s tire-making operations.
Fordlandia was doomed from the beginning by unhealthy planning, leadfooted cultural missteps, and labor disputes. The land purchased for the failed experiment was bought again to the Brazilian authorities.
The place Henry Ford failed, nevertheless, Musk has sufficient enter from creatives to assist. The WSJ studies that he has consulted a number of in his circle about Snailbrook, together with Kanye West, the hip hop mogul’s architectural designer, and Musk’s ex and mom to 2 of his many kids, the singer Grimes.