I Visited Elon Musk’s Texas Utopia

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Subscribe to Ground News https://ground.news/faultline to get unlimited access with 40% off their Vantage plan. In just a few years, Elon Musk has shifted major parts of his business empire to Bastrop County, just outside Austin, Texas. Here, alongside SpaceX, The Boring Company, and X, he’s building Snailbrook,the beginnings of a new town. Some call it a Texas utopia. In this episode, Andy travels to Texas to meet locals and officials to find out how Musk’s presence is transforming this once rural county, and what it means for the people who live there. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/Faultlinevideos/subscribed Join our Patreon for the DVD extras: https://www.patreon.com/faultline Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/faultlinevideos/ & https://www.tiktok.com/@faultlinetv Business inquiries [email protected] Faultline is produced by Andy Burgess https://instagram.com/andyburgess Fixer: Jude Green Artwork: Adam Stuart Special thanks to Becki Womble. Ishmael Harris, Johnny Sanders, Juan Villa, Judah Ross, Prica Villa & the people of Bastrop County Hi, I'm Andy and I believe people would be less divided if they understood each other more. So in 2022 I started Faultline to document and report on stories from overlooked people and places to shift how we see the world. My filmmaking journey started on Snapchat in 2016 where I encountered stories in parts of the world that are largely ignored by mainstream media. These stories were way bigger than my own, so I turned the camera onto others and became the guide. In 2018, that work earned me a Shorty Award nomination, a signal that audiences were ready for stories that had long been overlooked. That path led me to create and showrun 'Origins' for Red Bull, a documentary series that traced the roots of extreme sports through the overlooked communities and places that built them, and how they reshaped global culture. Over the years my reporting has taken me to places experiencing profound change, from the Arctic to the Middle East, across Eastern Europe, South Asia and the United States, to forgotten communities back home in the UK. Everywhere I go, the same pattern emerges despite language barriers and cultural differences, everyone has stories they want to tell. It’s obvious when we have real conversations we find common ground and learn something new. But inside our algorithmic bubbles, that curiosity has been replaced with fear. Faultline is my answer to that: a space for stories from places you might never think to look. Wherever possible, I travel to where those stories live, listen closely, and share what I find. Because choosing curiosity over fear changes how we see the world. That’s the journey here, and I’d love for you to be part of it. Disclosure these are affiliate links. 📸 The gear we use: Main Camera: https://amzn.to/4cfa3tI Main Lens: https://amzn.to/3xd0SLi Vlog Lens: https://amzn.to/3xcN7MJ B-Roll Lens: https://amzn.to/45oPPvoDrone: https://amzn.to/4b0evvp Small Camera: https://amzn.to/3VD4Hms Microphone: https://amzn.to/3yX5i9L Studio Microphone: https://amzn.to/4egb9XT Wireless Microphone: https://amzn.to/45mEgF1 Tripod: https://amzn.to/3yQyMG8 Small Tripod: https://amzn.to/4bTtI2B Stabiliser: https://amzn.to/45j7FzA Main Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/3Xn3jph My Favourite Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/3XiOzI8 🎶 Includes music by Tom Fox: https://tomfox.site https://instagram.com/tom._fox/ Additional music from Epidemic Sounds: https://share.epidemicsound.com/T2andyfautline24 and Musicbed https://fm.pxf.io/c/2423499/1347628/16252 Sources 🔗 https://bit.ly/4oJMYX7 Time Stamps: 0:00 Elon Musk's Texas Utopia 1:30 Prelude 2:18 Chapter I - Before the Billionaire 5:59 Chapter II - No Place Like Texas 10:08 Chapter III - Snailbrook, TX 12:49 Chapter IV - Elon's County 18:10 Chapter V - 'Keep Bastrop Boring' 21:48 Chapter VI - The Elon Effect #texas #elonmusk #documentary