[manmanic]

From an economic perspective, you want somewhere with a high standard of living (to support the necessary infrastructure), but a low cost of living (the $ you make over the Internet are disconnected from the local economy.)

On this basis the UK is far from ideal - it's an expensive country where the $ doesn't get you far. For this reason the talent in London goes into banking, law and medicine, where the fat salaries are.

Tiger economies like Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Israel are much better suited - they offer advanced tech infrastructure, but a much lower cost of living. In Israel for example, the talented head for tech in their droves, since it's the best paying sector in the economy.

[yeti]

I agree, HK is great - low cost and good infrastructure, access to great, English speaking and globally aware talent