I'm from Tunisia and I have been a freelance developer for about 6 years now. I get clients mainly from Upwork (oDesk). My hourly rate went like this:<p>2010-2013 $16/hr<p>2013-2015 $20/hr - $24/hr (with some occasional $30/hr jobs).<p>My ideal hourly rate is between $30/hr to $40. But I have been struggling for more than a year to find clients with that rate without success. I have more than 5500 hours worked on Upwork and 100% job success rate and earned the Top Web Developers badge, so I'm not sure where the problem is. I also have good English communication.<p>I thought it may be because of the drop in quality of jobs posted on Upwork in the last couple of years so I tried other ways including AngleList, Monthly HN Freelancer posts but still no luck.<p>Now it seems obvious to me that the best tech jobs prefers that the developer lives in US even if the job is remote. Am I right? Any guidance or help is appreciated.<p>Thanks