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Musk's SpaceX town in Texas warns residents they may lose right to 'continue using' their property (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 27 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

They lived there first. He built a spaceport next door and is now threatening them that he'll be stealing their land.

How is this their fault?

[–] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They chose to live in Texas

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah thats context I didn't have. My bad I guess I had assumed they moved there for work like a company town sort of thing.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't think any of the original holdouts are left, but i could be wrong.

They bought them out a while ago now