Snailbrook is a company town under construction in Bastrop County within the Greater Austin region of Texas.
It is based on the initiative of businessman Elon Musk, who has acquired large areas of land in Texas for himself and his companies.
It has a Boring Company production hall and a SpaceX site where receiving technology for its Starlink satellite communications network is manufactured.
[2][7] As typical with most company towns it exhibits a high level of paternalism, a subtle form of social engineering, and refers to the control of workers by their employers who seek to force middle-class ideals upon their working-class employees.
[citation needed] The project to build his own company town began in 2021 according to reports by the Wall Street Journal.