Why Elon Razed Boca Chica | The Forgotten Town Behind Starbase

Before Elon Musk launched rockets toward Mars, he quietly transformed an entire American town. This is the forgotten story of Boca Chica, Texas—once a sleepy coastal village, now the foundation of SpaceX’s most ambitious project yet: Starbase.What began as remote marshland slowly evolved into a launchpad for history. But that transformation came at a cost. In this episode, we explore how one of the world’s richest men reshaped a community, why this particular strip of Gulf Coast became so critical to his vision, and how the clash between innovation, environment, and politics turned Starbase into a national flashpoint.