A farmer who lives near Elon Musk’s Texas campus says the state’s lack of regulations means it’s like the ‘Wild West’ for developers

• Texas’ is a “Wild West” for developers like Elon Musk’s Boring Company, a farmer told The WaPo.
• The Boring Company and SpaceX both have built sites in Bastrop, a rural area near Austin.
• They’re facing criticism over their plans to dump treated wastewater in the Colorado River.

A farmer who lives near Elon Musk’s Texas campus around 30 miles east of Austin says that the boom in development in the area means it’s like “the Wild West.”

Harold “Skip” Connett, an organic farmer in Bastrop, a rural area, told The Washington Post that industrial developments in the area were increasing truck traffic and pollution.