Some classic quotes of future snacks:

Mr Lopez is no big fan of Musk and is critical of some of his management practices and politics, but admires the technology his companies have built and is happy to live nearby as long as the companies are good neighbours.

“As long as they don’t ruin my water or dig a tunnel beneath my house and create a sinkhole, this isn’t bad,” he says, gesturing around the metal shed housing the bodega, coffee shop and bar.

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Bastrop, {city manager Sylvia Carrillo} says, is a conservative, traditionally Republican place.

“His national stuff doesn’t really register,” she says. “His companies have been good corporate citizens, and we hope it can stay that way.”

His companies have been good corporate citizens…? Apparently they haven’t heard what xAI has been up to in Memphis (1)(2). Or what SpaceX has done in the far away land of… Texas (3). Or even that their town’s own residents had to fine and protest to stop the Boring Company dumping sludge into the local river.

But hey, at least you got a few jobs and…{checks article} an empty coffee shop out of it. Before Musk pivots to yet another jurisdiction that better meets his latest whims and sticks you with the long-term cleanup and consequences.