Yes I have been interested in this as an idea. The industrial revolution in the UK started in the countryside (in the beautiful Peak District) due to availabili

Yes I have been interested in this as an idea. The industrial revolution in the UK started in the countryside (in the beautiful Peak District) due to availability of water power, and Cambridge University started in a rural setting too (to escape from Oxford). There have been some versions, like this http://www.colletta.it/ http://www.colletta.it/ I think you need some sort of coworking facility, the monastery model rather than the hermit model to get the most out of it. Otherwise you are giving up too much of the community aspect that makes cities so stimulating now.