Two others already responded but I'll echo them. Office space in the city centre of Edinburgh and Glasgow is remarkably cheap and plentiful. Living costs are

Two others already responded but I'll echo them. Office space in the city centre of Edinburgh and Glasgow is remarkably cheap and plentiful. Living costs are very low (even in these cities) for what you get compared to the suburbs in the USA. There is some brain drain, but the culture and quality of life is the "pull" that the original article was describing. Most Scots who are brain drained away come back to raise kids or retire.