France attempted to do it, even putting it in an area with nice weather ;) After 40 years it's only about 20k-30k jobs there and nobody from outside ever heard

France attempted to do it, even putting it in an area with nice weather ;) After 40 years it's only about 20k-30k jobs there and nobody from outside ever heard about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Antipolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Antipolis Btw, the reason why they failed is a banking system that hates bankruptcies. If your startup fails, you won't get any credit (yup, better get a mortgage before starting a company) for at least 10 years (I think it was 20, but am too tired to search for references now).