随着科技的发展，在一些知识密集、技术密集的大中城市和沿海地区出现了很多发展高新技术的产业开发区。这在英文中被称为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.

高新技术区指的是有大量高技术人员居住的高档且配套完善的郊区或城镇。居民受雇于附近的办公园区，园区中多是高新技术产业。

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.

南奥兰治县就是典型的高新技术区，有大量新建、且非常高档的办公园区，通过收费公路网连接起来，还将建设高速公路。封闭社区中居住的几乎都是受过大学教育的专业人士和技术人员。