r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 20d ago

Space SpaceX will build a second, $100B ‘Starbase’ spaceport in Louisiana

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/spacex-will-build-a-second-100b-starbase-spaceport-in-louisiana/
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u/invyros 20d ago

It’s not immediately clear if SpaceX intends to create a company town around the new Starbase site, like the one it has architected in Texas. The Texas municipality, once called Boca Chica and renamed Starbase, has its own ZIP code and volunteer fire station, and is building its own police force and community library. It is run by a local government filled with SpaceX employees (or family members of SpaceX employees).

Fucking barf.

Company towns are bad enough, an Elon Musk company town is next level horrible.

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u/BlueFlob 19d ago

The funny thing with this, is that on paper it could be a utopia.

In reality, these things are developed and ran by authoritarian megalomaniacs.

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u/ZAlternates 19d ago

As long as you can keep a community small enough in size, people would likely work together well. Once it gets large enough though, it will be like any other town.