Why SpaceX Bought An Entire Village

At the end of 2018, the quiet little town of Boca Chica changed forever as SpaceX started to build and test their new Starship rocket. After multiple tests it was clear that the residents of Boca Chica couldn’t coexist with SpaceX, so the company began the process of buying out every property.

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Music used in this video:
» Pixelated Autumn Leaves - Jeremy Blake
» Stuck In The Air - The Tower Of Light
» Sunday - Otis McDonald
» Court and Page - Silent Partner

Credits:
Edited by: Martin Popovski
Narrated by: Beau Stucki

[amarsingh-tkbs]

Imagine buying a property to retire and lead a peaceful life and suddenly you have rockets taking of in front of your door.

[Tremor]

yo dawg I heard you had a quiet villiage here, so I brought my freaking space rockets to make some noise! lol

[gordonlin]

Boca Chica: "Ah, finally, Peace and Quiet"

Elon: Let me introduce myself

[ndwolfwood]

"Why SpaceX ALMOST Bought An Entire Village", there I fixed the title for you...

[nutsbutdum]

The narrator sounds like we're already on Mars watching a documentary on SpaceX from the past.
Especially here 1:56

[SecretRaginMan]

3:00
To avoid being injured by shattering windows IN CASE THE ROCKET BLEW UP which would result in an significant pressure wave reaching the village. NO windows were shattered during the test itself.

[krisk]

I would buy a house there just so i can watch all the launches from my backyard

[mrclarky]

Looking at the condition of some of those houses, I'm sure some of the owners walked away very happy.

[christianaaronbuce]

I know that village, i have a good memories to it. They lived in harmony, then everything changed when the fire nation attacked.

[thecrimsoncardinal]

Goal: Be the last house standing and charge them 10x market price

[ainchamama]

The people hanging on to the houses are genius. SpaceX should have bought the properties before beginning development on the property. Now, the remaining residents could keep getting their houses re-apprased as they spike in value because they are a few hundred feet from SpaceX's private space port!

[omairuddin]

Boca Chica: *Exists*

SpaceX: Hipty Hopty this is now my property

[utsnow]

It’s actually for the martians that will move in

[Benamp]

I’ve lived in Texas for almost 20 yrs and it’s through spaceX that I find out there is a city in Texas called Boca Chica. Now Boca Chica is more popular than most major cities in Texas.

[NinhLyUK]

Everytime the dude says 'Boca Chica', take a chug of your favourite alcoholic beverage.

[_pns_]

To the people who don't want to give up on their homes: Better Call Saul!

[apexcode]

The real reason is that Elon wanted to start windsurfing and this is just the perfect spot for it

[HW]

Moral of the story: the government owns everything and we can all suck it

[johnlolurgay]

alot of children commenting on this that wouldn't even own houses, they're getting huge payouts, a main road near my house just got bought out, about 30-50 houses were FORCED to move and got paid way under what they paid for them. spacex is being nice here.

[jodanjames]

I know the feeling Boca Chica, sounds like a rocket goes off everytime I start my ps4.