Nickname: Mike

Review: Edinburgh, Scotland (pop. 500,000), and Scotland in general is an excellent place to live and build a company. There are a lot of helpful goverment programs. There are business angel networks and venture capital funds that are willing to invest in new ideas. Migrating in is easy and encouraged. With 50,000 students, and the excellent University of Edinburgh, there is much talent available. The public education system is excellent if you have a family. It's very safe and clean. The weather is good, too!

Date reviewed: Sep 24, 2005 6:35 PM

Nickname: discover

Review: We will have to move (to the) USA within six months because of education of our kids. Which place would be best selection is main question for us. People generally start to live in NY, but I bet a lot of places are there as better choice than this kind of metropolitan (area). If you want to send me any advice please use yozcan@yahoo.com Thanks all.

Date reviewed: Jul 20, 2005 11:34 AM

Nickname: Malc

Review: This feature highlights a trend that we have seen happening increasingly across Europe where many mid-sized cities are having to re-invent themselves. We call it finding purpose and, in the process, re-branding themselves to fulfil that purpose. Examples are Liverpool becoming a city of culture and the port city of Southampton re-discovering its roots in the sea.

Date reviewed: Jul 20, 2005 9:09 AM

Nickname: Colin Graham

Review: Interesting story. The same trend is also happening here in Australia with a lot of very bright people - from around the world, including an increasing number of British, South Africans, Kiwis, and Americans-- deciding to choose where they want to live first and then building professional and dynamic businesses from that location. Areas like the Sunshine Coast--one-hour north from Brisbane--are emerging as popular locations for small talent intensive businesses. The challenge for many regions is to really understand what creative knowledge workers are looking for and to promote the most relevant aspects of their regions to them. So this is not tourism marketing or traditional economic promotion that often has a heavy and dull government feel. Instead, the Sunshine Coast is positioning itself as a place with clean air and fresh thinking in business. The establishment of a major university in the region has also been critical to the emergence of this new sector.

Date reviewed: Jul 20, 2005 1:16 AM

Nickname: Simulation

Review: That is why my partner and I are moving our companies to Lockhart, TX some 27.9 miles outside of the Austin Metro city limits.

Date reviewed: Jul 20, 2005 12:45 AM

Nickname: jk

Review: This is a trend that's happening in India as well. As metro cities grow organically and struggle with rising values and crumbling infrastructure, smaller cities both Tier II and III are going all out to woo both IT and other knowledge-based industries. Jayashree

Date reviewed: Jul 17, 2005 7:15 PM