South Texas residents living on SpaceX property have formally petitioned Cameron County to become an incorporated city.

This is not even Musk’s first foray into company towns—a model that sees its roots in anti-labor organization and corporatist fascism. Farther north in Texas, near the outskirts of Austin, SpaceX operates Snailbrook, a city incorporated in 2021 and pitched as a sort of utopia for SpaceX and Boring Company employees.

Citing all the work the company has put into the region, employees are requesting a special election in Cameron County to incorporate a city.