In recent years, every time Elon Musk proposes a new Tesla or Boring Company or SpaceX project in Texas, Houston tends to stand there awkwardly like the one kid not getting picked for kickball. It’s something locals can’t help but notice.
Is it something they said? Is it the humidity? Is it because that viral Cybertruck crash occurred in Houston? Plenty of crashes occur in Houston. It’s almost part of the culture.
Musk obviously loves Austin with the Gigafactory and proposed semiconductor facilities. He builds SpaceX test facilities just outside Waco, a Tesla battery in Corpus Christi, and a launchpad in South Texas with the newly named town of Starbase…