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Elon Musk Is Planning a Company Town Near Austin Named Snailbrook

By Candy's Dirt / March 12, 2023 /

From Staff Reports Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is planning to build a modern-day company town for his employees located just east of Austin, where approximately 110 three-bedroom homes will lease for $800 per month. The new city will be called Snailbrook in Bastrop County. Musk wants to provide his Austin-area employees, which include staff at Boring,…

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Exodus From Austin: This Texas Town is Attracting Artists Fleeing From Texas’ Priciest City

By Mary Cate Long / January 12, 2022 /

As people from across the country (ahem, California) flee sky-high rent and congested traffic by moving to Texas, many of the major cities are finding that the incoming crowds are ironically bringing in the very things the new residents were running from. That is certainly true for Austin, where the booming growth of residents and new…

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