Members of the community in the southern Texas, which served as the center of the missile company Elon Musk, SpaceX, voted on Saturday to formally establish a new city called Starbase and fulfill one of the long dreams of Mr. Musk.
All six out of 218 people who voted According to Cameron County, who served vote, he supported the integration of Starbase.
There were 283 eligible voters, said Remi Garza, administrator of the elections for the region.
The community, known to the locals as Boca Chica, covers about 1.5 square miles on the spit of land, which is cleaned against the Mexican border.
SpaceX broke in an area In 2014And since then it has become a central center of the company and a starting website and also a home for hundreds of its employees.
On his platform of social media x, Mr. Musk described the area as Starbase more than a dozen times in The last four years.
“My primary home is literally a house ~ 50,000 $ in Boca Chica / Starbase, which I rent from SpaceX,” Mr. Musk he wrote In June 2021. “It’s quite amazing.”
In December people living around corporate offices and launching pages filed a petition Officially establish the city of Starbase in Texas.
The petition described the community of about 500 inhabitants, including at least 219 primary populations and more than 100 children. Almost everyone is a tenant and works in SpaceX, according to the petition.
The municipality would be eligible to create its own police and fire brigades and also to adopt its own regulations, even if it does not have to.
“Cities are legally obliged to do very little,” said Alan Bororquez, lawyer in Austin, who specializes in helping Texans in the process of incorporating new municipalities.
Road maintenance is one of the most important practical problems and the region would no longer be treated. But as a village, Starbase would be eligible for state and federal grants, it would have some immunity before the courts and could also condemn property, said Mr. Bojorquez.
“Starbase started with one shovel,” Mr. Musk said on x shortly after the vote is completed.
J. David Goodman contributed by reporting.
