The Silicon Valley of Transylvania
This is so bubble-written it&#x27;s not funny.<p>Romania is a country where a large chunk of the populace get around by cart and donkey, where post-communist corruption is rife, where decades on they still can&#x27;t decide what to do with the half built palace that occupies half of Bucharest, where gangsters run most of the hospitality industry and god knows what else.<p>It&#x27;s a chicken and egg problem, of course, as enterprise will bring wealth (in theory) which in turn will solve some of Romania&#x27;s more immediate woes, but it&#x27;s still a tiny tiny niche in a very poor country.<p>Their only saving psychological grace is that Moldova are next door, and they make anyone look rich.<p>Edit: on a Re-read, this comes across as horribly negative. I&#x27;m a big fan of Romania and its prospects - what I failed to mention is that I met a lot of intelligent, interesting and passionate younger people - and they will be the ones that drag Romania solidly into a functioning state - but the reality is that there&#x27;s a lot of work to do.