antipolis

Between Nice and Cannes there is the Sophia Antipolis technopole where various tech companies have offices.

Sofia Antipolis is France's answer to Silicon Valley.

> Amadeus is today the biggest company in Sophia Antipolis with 5000 employees from and consultants from around the world, working in R&D, as well as marketing and support.

> I think much of the relevant general-purpose chip design knowledge we had (ARM) left the EU this morning Worth noting the Sophia Antipolis arm design centre in France continues to exist.

The company has offices and design centres in Copenhagen in Denmark; Oulu in Finland; Sophia Antipolis in France; Grasbrunn in Germany; Budapest in Hungary; Galway in Ireland; Trondheim in Norway; Katowice in Poland; Sentjernej in Slovenia; Lund in Sweden.

Also Sophia Antipolis [1] used to be described as "European SV" but mostly in historical + quality of life contexts.

That is what they have done in France with Sophia-Antipolis, and in the Moscow suburbs with Skolkovo.

In France, taxes more than double the petrol price [1], so you only see suburban designs in very rich places (namely, Sophia-Antipolis).

Is this finally what the Sophia-Antipolis team has been working on?

Have you considered Sophia Antipolis, on the French cote d'Azur?

There are other comparable tech-specific places, like Sophia Antipolis, Toulouse.

>France, on Sophia-Antipolis living in the Alps Isn't that region very expensive CoL compared to the local wages?

Also Sophia Antipolis [1] used to be described as "European SV" but mostly in historical + quality of life contexts.

France, on Sophia-Antipolis living in the Alps, "nearby" but still 99% remote.

I am not sure why you're saying that the Sophia Antipolis tech area is an attempt to build a "Silicon Valley" - It's mostly big companies there and there's no incentive to build your startup there.

Well, I can't count myself as a community since here I'm almost alone in IT physical community terms, but I'm an ex-urban (from a big city) person who decide to go rural, not much rural, in the sense that I'm still "near enough" to have a certain level of services, good enough connections etc, but still rural in a low-density area (French Alps, ~60Km from Sophia-Antipolis though)...

That is what they have done in France with Sophia-Antipolis, and in the Moscow suburbs with Skolkovo.

In France, taxes more than double the petrol price [1], so you only see suburban designs in very rich places (namely, Sophia-Antipolis).

Is this finally what the Sophia-Antipolis team has been working on?