You just cannot make some things up, and this just happens to be one of those stories.
Back in 2021, X and Tesla owner Elon Musk expressed his hope that Starbase, the home of the facility where his SpaceX shoots off rockets into Texas skies, would become its own city.
Now, it appears that’s exactly what’s about to happen, after an election on incorporation was held in Cameron County, Texas, on Saturday:
Today, residents of Boca Chica can cast their votes on the potential incorporation of Starbase as an official city pic.twitter.com/VVXQLafqWy
— Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) May 3, 2025
via the AP:
The city at the southern tip of Texas near the Mexico border is only about 1.5 square miles (3.9 square kilometers), crisscrossed by a few roads and dappled with airstream trailers and modest midcentury homes.
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Companion efforts to the city vote include bills in the…
