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In recent years, Elon Musk has been quietly buying up a small Texas neighborhood so that he could build his own little village near his Tesla, SpaceX and Boring companies, The Post can confirm.
Located in Bastrop, outside of Austin city limits, Musk has spent millions purchasing land in the quaint town in hopes he can avoid big-city regulations, the Wall Street Journal first reported.
Situated next to the Colorado River, his vision is to create his own utopia where his employees can live and work.
But while locals are happy at the new opportunity that fell at their doorstep, they remain weary of what this will mean for the charming small town they’ve called home for most of their lives.
Anna O’Neil grew up in the town, riding horses along with her sister, Molly. Her parents, Michael and Linda Waxman were among the ones that recently sold their longtime estate to Musk, which comprised more than 100 acres of the thousands he’s acquired.
Her sister still lives on a portion that Musk also bought, but she’s not required to leave until 2024.
O’Neil said the town was at first shocked to learn that Musk had chosen their little slice of paradise as the site for his factories and companies. But over the years, they didn’t realize this would also mean giving up their own property.
“My parents were really close with all the neighbors down the street. So if one person sold out in the community, you kind of all have to,” O’Neil, 30, told The Post, adding that her grandfather had raised greyhounds on the farm for years.
“The land belonged to my grandparents and then my mom inherited it,” she said. “They are working to get my parents off of that property at the end of the month, so they can start working on it. So nothing’s been done yet. We’re still trying to get off of the property.”
O’Neil admitted that when Musk’s team approached her family to buy the land, they were told it would be used for workers’ housing, not a town.
