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May 6, 2025<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk<\/strong>\u00a0may have predicted his own future in 2021 when he\u00a0tweeted<\/a>, “Creating the city of Starbase, Texas.” Four years later, Starbase is a reality.<\/p>\n

It’s all thanks to the support from Starbase residents\u2014most of whom work for SpaceX\u2014who voted on the new Texas city’s name. Now, Musk is making his mark in a city where he built his SpaceX company.<\/p>\n

Musk praised the vote on his social media platform, X, saying “Starbase, Texas is now a real city!”<\/p>\n

The name change comes after Cameron County residents voted in favor 212-6 to rename the community. Only 143 votes were needed to officially incorporate the city, which is located along the U.S.\/Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n

The elections administrator said once the election results are recognized by a county judge, Starbase officially becomes a Texas municipality. The new city will be about 1.5 square miles.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX launched the latest test flight (fifth) of Starship; and for the first time, this demonstration mission included an attempt to maneuver the 232-foot-tall rocket booster to a gargantuan landing structure at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in Texas.SpaceX \/ Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Neighborly naysayers<\/span><\/p>\n

The name change wasn’t always welcomed with open arms by everyone.<\/p>\n

“SpaceX bullied us from the beginning,”\u00a0Celia Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0once told the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u00a0in 2021. “SpaceX employees did what they wanted.”<\/p>\n

Those comments were in response to Musk’s company scooping up properties near the rocket-launch facility.<\/p>\n

SpaceX started facing off with several homeowners who didn’t want to sell their properties in the once-unincorporated village. The homes are very close to launches, putting people at risk. Residents said the company tried buying them out, but not everyone took the offer.<\/p>\n

SpaceX has had the support from the state. When the company was putting down roots in Cameron County, the state earmarked nearly $30 million in incentives for SpaceX’s Boca Chica location. In 2013, state lawmakers passed legislations allowing Cameron County to temporarily close beach and beach-access points during spaceflight activity, according to the\u00a0WSJ<\/a>, but a state constitution is supposed to protect the public’s free and unrestricted access to beaches.<\/p>\n

Cameron County officials have supported SpaceX but, at the time, it was locals who felt the county was working to get them out.<\/p>\n

The initial SpaceX proposal in 2012 was to just build a launchpad in the area; but even that plan raised concerns with environmentalists, who said the proposed site is near endangered animals and other wildlife. The company has grown beyond a launchpad, and SpaceX has since bought out many residents.<\/p>\n

Next for Starbase<\/h2>\n

With the vote to incorporate into a new municipality, some residents who have stayed (and do not work for SpaceX) are still bitter.<\/p>\n

Homer Pompa<\/strong>, who has lived in the area for decades, didn’t vote in the election. He told the\u00a0WSJ<\/a>, \u201cWhat would I vote for when I have ill feelings, when it\u2019s something I didn\u2019t want?\u201d Pompa said. \u201cI was here first.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Starbase town, at the very tip of Texas in Boca Chica, would span several properties near State Highway 4 and include nearly 250 lots with housing\u2014only 10 are not owned by the company, reports the WSJ.<\/p>\n

The May 3 election also ushered in three new people to run the town. All three SpaceX employees ran unopposed. The new and first mayor of Starbase is\u00a0Bobby Peden<\/strong>, 36, who has spent more than 12 years working for Space X. Two commissioners were also elected,\u00a0Jenna Petrzelka<\/strong>, 39, former operations engineering manager, and\u00a0Jordan Buss<\/strong>, 40, senior director of environmental health and safety for SpaceX.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Source:Texas Residents Vote To Name Community Near SpaceX Launch Site Starbase<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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