LAFAYETTE, La. – With the official announcement Elon Musk’s new SpaceX facility coming to Vermilion Parish, everyone is speculating over how this will change things in Acadiana, for better or worse.
The obvious change will be an increase in population as people move to Acadiana to build and work at the new SapceX facility, and some experts are saying the influx of people could be more than we’re expecting.
In fact, Louisiana officials believe the economic impact from SpaceX’s new Starbase Louisiana could eventually transform the Lafayette area so dramatically that it becomes the largest population center in the entire state.
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