We also saw a Mark Carney who was very confident, very respectful, quite the opposite of what the Conservative party has shown so far in mimicking the Republican party in the US in terms of rhetoric.
Locals in Bastrop have mixed feelings about the development."It's almost like we have a split personality," says Sylvia Carrillo, city manager of Bastrop, which has a growing population of more than 12,000. "Residents are happy that their children and grandchildren will have jobs in the area.
"On the other hand it can feel like we are being overwhelmed by a third party and that the development will quickly urbanise our area," she says.Although the Musk development is technically outside of the city's limits, it's close enough that Texas laws give Bastrop's government sway over development. And, Ms Carrillo stresses, the Musk buildings are just one example of many developments springing up in a booming area."He's faced a backlash that is not entirely of his own creating," she says.
"But now that he's here and things are changing quickly, it's a matter of managing" issues like house and land prices and the environment, she says.The Musk compound is still fairly bare-bones. The grandly named Hyperloop Plaza sits in the middle of the corporate buildings, and is home to the company-owned Boring Bodega, a bar, coffee shop, hairdresser and gift shop.
On a recent windy Sunday afternoon, a video game console sat unplayed in front of a couch near a display of company T-shirts, while a few children scurried back and forth to a playground outside.
The developments in Bastrop fit right into the quickening pace of activity across central Texas, where cranes perpetually loom above the Austin skyline and the housing market is a perpetual topic of conversation.The Welsh government said its "intention is to foster a sense of shared responsibility between residents and visitors to protect and invest in local areas and encourage a more sustainable approach for tourism".
Children from low-income families could miss out on school trips if a tourism tax is introduced in Wales, ministers have been warned.Scouts Cymru said young people could miss out on the "life-changing experience of camps and overnight stays".
A centre which runs residential courses for schools from across the UK, said a potential levy of 75p per child, per night, could make trips unaffordable for some.The Welsh government said it had taken a "fair, straightforward approach to application of the levy".