There is a lot of truth there, but please don't forget that UK and London especially is a very multinational place now, so don't judge the whole local dev comm

There is a lot of truth there, but please don't forget that UK and London especially is a very multinational place now, so don't judge the whole local dev community. I have seen many hard-working passionate developers of many nations here, so your negative experience is not necessarily representative. And at least you did not have to play a lottery to stay here, unlike USA :).