A Once Sleepy Bedroom Community Is Now Considered the Town That Elon Musk Built

Move over Austin, the tech titan is transforming Bastrop, ‘the most historic small town in Texas,’ into a Hill Country hotspot.

Perry Chiaramonte/The New York Sun
Mom-and pop storefronts — along with a supportive Chamber of Commerce, dot the streets of the growing Austin suburb of Bastrop, Texas. Perry Chiaramonte/The New York Sun

BASTROP, Texas Rolling eastbound on Highway 71 surrounded by live oak, pecan, and Texas pistache trees, it’s hard to imagine the barren plains of oil-rich Midland, Texas, 350 miles away, recently catapulted into the spotlight thanks to Taylor Sheridan’s new streaming hit, “Landman.”

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