This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Breadcrumb Trail Links This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Some people welcome the amenities Musk has brought in, such as a bodega, pub, salon and playground in an otherwise rural area. Those additions have “definitely helped with goodwill,” said Judah Ross, a Realtor with Bastrop Real Estate Group. Boring also has plans to create a public STEM centre and Hyperloop Health Club with climbing walls, according to people familiar with the plans and company correspondence with the county. Article content Others worry Snailbrook is spurring too much growth, too fast. Skip Connett, a Bastrop resident and co-founder of Friends of the Land, a volunteer-led effort to preserve the environment, points to the blooming algae growth in the nearby Colorado River. That’s due to an increase in wastewater from the influx of industries and more people moving in, and he’s concerned that there are no plans in place to protect the area. Article content In 2023, Boring and SpaceX applied for a permit to dump more than 370,000 litres of treated wastewater per day in the river. After pushback from local residents, lawmakers and environmental groups, the companies reached a deal with Bastrop to treat their wastewater at a city facility. Article content