隨著科技的發展，在一些知識密集、技術密集的大中城市和沿海地區出現了很多發展高新技術的產業開發區。這在英文中被稱為nerdistan。

Nerdistan is an upscale and largely self-contained suburb or town with a large population of high-tech workers employed in nearby office parks that are dominated by high-tech industries.
高新技術區指的是有大量高技術人員居住的高檔且配套完善的郊區或城鎮。居民受雇于附近的辦公園區，園區中多是高新技術產業。

South Orange County is a classic nerdistan — largely newly built, almost entirely upscale office parks, connected by a network of toll roads and superhighways to planned, often gated communities inhabited almost entirely by college educated professionals and technicians.
南奧蘭治縣就是典型的高新技術區，有大量新建、且非常高檔的辦公園區，通過收費公路網連接起來，還將建設高速公路。封閉社區中居住的幾乎都是受過大學教育的專業人士和技術人員。

（中國日報網英語點津 yaning）