I'm not 100% the motivations of the founders but I'm always surprised there isn't more attempts to do this on a smaller scale, say a retirement town or resort t

I'm not 100% the motivations of the founders but I'm always surprised there isn't more attempts to do this on a smaller scale, say a retirement town or resort town. I think even for billionaires, the chicken/egg problem of "How do we get industry and smart people to move to brand new town" is not really solvable. If it was, it would also be solvable for small cities that also exist but this does not appear to be the case. But, would love to see them just try to make the next Palm Springs or Villages. The land the bought is 30 minutes from Napa and close to SF. Maybe there's enough demand for retired school teachers who dont want to lose all connection to SF but dont mind being in the middle of nowhere as long as there are a few restaurants and tennis courts.