Ronnie Mola

I also visited some other company towns, including Endicott, New York, which was founded in the early 1900s for a shoe factory. And there they built these like really nice, big,

I also visited some other company towns, including Endicott, New York, which was founded in the early 1900s for a shoe factory. And there they built these like really nice, big,

I also visited some other company towns, including Endicott, New York, which was founded in the early 1900s for a shoe factory. And there they built these like really nice, big,

uh houses for the workers there and the workers could buy those houses at cost and you know they made thousands of these and it was really like a pretty successful company town and partly i think that's because the workers were able to have and keep housing you know regardless of whether they worked at the shoe company and a lot of those houses are still up to this day and i think you know have just like stayed in families for generations and have really been important

uh houses for the workers there and the workers could buy those houses at cost and you know they made thousands of these and it was really like a pretty successful company town and partly i think that's because the workers were able to have and keep housing you know regardless of whether they worked at the shoe company and a lot of those houses are still up to this day and i think you know have just like stayed in families for generations and have really been important

uh houses for the workers there and the workers could buy those houses at cost and you know they made thousands of these and it was really like a pretty successful company town and partly i think that's because the workers were able to have and keep housing you know regardless of whether they worked at the shoe company and a lot of those houses are still up to this day and i think you know have just like stayed in families for generations and have really been important

for the ongoing success of that town. So we don't know what Elon Musk would do with these 110 homes, whether he would sell them, what price they would be, but as it stands, you could pay a little bit less for the trailers, but you're also getting a lot less than you would in the rest of the area.

for the ongoing success of that town. So we don't know what Elon Musk would do with these 110 homes, whether he would sell them, what price they would be, but as it stands, you could pay a little bit less for the trailers, but you're also getting a lot less than you would in the rest of the area.

for the ongoing success of that town. So we don't know what Elon Musk would do with these 110 homes, whether he would sell them, what price they would be, but as it stands, you could pay a little bit less for the trailers, but you're also getting a lot less than you would in the rest of the area.

No. So one of the reasons why he's building this town, I believe, is because he wants to be able to attract and retain good workers, right? You can't uproot your whole family and have them move across the country from California for nothing. It's one thing if you're saying you're going to Austin, which has a lot of cultural cachet and, you know, it's a known entity.

No. So one of the reasons why he's building this town, I believe, is because he wants to be able to attract and retain good workers, right? You can't uproot your whole family and have them move across the country from California for nothing. It's one thing if you're saying you're going to Austin, which has a lot of cultural cachet and, you know, it's a known entity.

No. So one of the reasons why he's building this town, I believe, is because he wants to be able to attract and retain good workers, right? You can't uproot your whole family and have them move across the country from California for nothing. It's one thing if you're saying you're going to Austin, which has a lot of cultural cachet and, you know, it's a known entity.

It's another thing entirely if you're saying, let's go to this farmland in the middle of nowhere. So he's... wanting to have draws. Okay, we have inexpensive housing, or we have this great Montessori school, or X, Y, and Z. So I think part of that is to get people to work at his companies. Part of it might be just burnishing his own ego. Having your own town is a pretty big deal.

It's another thing entirely if you're saying, let's go to this farmland in the middle of nowhere. So he's... wanting to have draws. Okay, we have inexpensive housing, or we have this great Montessori school, or X, Y, and Z. So I think part of that is to get people to work at his companies. Part of it might be just burnishing his own ego. Having your own town is a pretty big deal.

It's another thing entirely if you're saying, let's go to this farmland in the middle of nowhere. So he's... wanting to have draws. Okay, we have inexpensive housing, or we have this great Montessori school, or X, Y, and Z. So I think part of that is to get people to work at his companies. Part of it might be just burnishing his own ego. Having your own town is a pretty big deal.

Presumably, someday, if this town does develop more, he could incorporate it, and then the laws would be more on their side. But as it is, I mean, the regulation, everyone told me that the regulations in Bastrop County are pretty lax. So, you know, he moved there because the regulations were less tough and stringent than they were in California.

Presumably, someday, if this town does develop more, he could incorporate it, and then the laws would be more on their side. But as it is, I mean, the regulation, everyone told me that the regulations in Bastrop County are pretty lax. So, you know, he moved there because the regulations were less tough and stringent than they were in California.

Presumably, someday, if this town does develop more, he could incorporate it, and then the laws would be more on their side. But as it is, I mean, the regulation, everyone told me that the regulations in Bastrop County are pretty lax. So, you know, he moved there because the regulations were less tough and stringent than they were in California.

But even though they're lax in Bastrop County, he's still run up against them. Like he's always fighting with the county because they're not like doing things in the correct order or not getting the correct permits, that sort of thing. Or, you know, or dumping storm wastewater in the wrong place, that sort of thing. So even in this lenient environment, they've run up against the regulation.

But even though they're lax in Bastrop County, he's still run up against them. Like he's always fighting with the county because they're not like doing things in the correct order or not getting the correct permits, that sort of thing. Or, you know, or dumping storm wastewater in the wrong place, that sort of thing. So even in this lenient environment, they've run up against the regulation.