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Meet the neighbors feuding with Elon Musk in Bastrop County over environmental, transparency concerns

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Meet the neighbors feuding with Elon Musk in Bastrop County over environmental, transparency concerns

Longtime neighbors have described living next to companies founded by Elon Musk as something of a nightmare. They lament disruptions to precious ecological systems in what is still a rural pocket of the Austin metro, as well as a lack of transparency and perceived lies from the company. With Musk’s business empire increasingly running through Central Texas, these disputes could shape how the billionaire is perceived in the region.