This is really cool and well done. I'm unhappy with the stats they chose though.<p>I thought that 20x less robberies seemed unlikely so I clicked their source. They were using the absolute number of robberies not per capita. The way they used it is sneakiness bordering on outright lies. This kind of bad-faith abuse of stats always irritates me.
Let's break down the modern, flashy PR move and check some reality:<p>LGBT rights in Romania (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Romania" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Romania</a>)
- Decriminalized in 1996
- Gender identity: change of legal sex allowed since 1996
- Discrimination protections: protections since 2000 (still don't national ones in the U.S.)
- No marriage
- No civil unions
- Adoption HAAAHAHAAH cmon be serious<p>LGBT rights in the UK (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_King...</a>)
- Decriminalized in the 60s - 80s, way before 1996
- Gender identity: change of legal sex allowed since 2005, way after Romania
- Discrimination protections: protections since 2010, way after Romania
- Civil unions in 2005
- Marriage in 2014
- Adoption since 2005 / 2013
In Romania, companies which have under 100.000 euro / year income are called microenterprises. Microenterprises have an income tax of 3% which should be paied quarterly. If they have at least one employee, the tax is 2%. If they have at least 2 empoyees, the tax is 1%. The tax on dividends is 5% and IT specialists are free from salary taxes. We moved our headquarters to Bucharest in Q1/2014, but this autumn the team is moving to Sibiu, Transylvania! Glad to be here :-)
I just find this initiative mind-blowing.
In Western Europe, Eastern part has quite of a bad reputation, especially on subjects like safety or development.
I've recently heard about several good opportunities there and this makes me even more curious about Romania.
"Surprisingly high quality of life"<p>Nope (i'm from Romania). I like the "presentation" overall but some things are stretched to the limit there :)
This site is pretty broken on latest stable Chrome on Android. As soon as I start scrolling I see solid white or grey blocks. Sometimes, at certain scroll heights, I see some text. But mostly I can't actually read the content.
Yeah, let's move to a corrupt homophobic country.<p><a href="http://www.transparency.org/cpi2015" rel="nofollow">http://www.transparency.org/cpi2015</a>
rank 58 on the corruption index (behind greece and ghana),<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Romania" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Romania</a>
54% of Romanian interviewed stated they would never have a meal with a homosexual.
53% preferred that homosexuality be outlawed.
79.7% of those questioned would not want a homosexual neighbor
UK is the second largest economy in Europe. That fact is not going to change just because they no longer count themselves in Europe. If transylvania is a good place to open an office, it is as good as it has already been. Brexit shouldn't influence anyone based in London to move to transylvania.
Haha this is amazing! We were already considering moving into a cheaper part of Europe when we got focused on coding rather than BD, this just makes our decision a bit easier
I like the advertising. I like the timing. But what I like most is that they have the urge to tackle their future. Without any restraints to make jokes about themselves to tackle something else: The backwater stereotypes.<p>This far, I've heard only good things from that area. From people who worked or studied there.<p>What I'd expect but didn't see: Is the tax-system competitive? How about the other performance indicators regarding incorporation, labor costs and legal certainty?
Why are they advertising it as Transylvania, rather than Romania?<p>> Romania is 1st in Europe in terms of number of certified IT specialists. The number of engineers per capita in Romania is greater than in the US, India, China, or Russia<p>I've heard anecdotally that tech industry pay is awful in Romania compared to the rest of Europe. Perhaps the high number of tech workers is the reason?
The nature is really nice and food is great. But I've been robbed there... And the way how they achieve the fastest internet connection is really ugly -- cables are hanging from everywhere, historical building or not, it's really touch to take a photo without cables.<p>Just google for Cluj cables
This is pretty and all, but it just seems like an opportunistic ad by the tourist board of Transylvania.<p>If freedom of movement between the UK and the rest of Europe is lost by Brexiting, and they're still willing to accept Brits then I'll be impressed.
this is silly. its a good place to move because its start up friendly? thats nice and all but its hardly relevant to the vast majority of the population. i will admit though that most of the people who are so worried about brexit that they would move to another country are in the age range and socioeconomic bracket from which most start up people emerge. by the way can anyone list some of the reasons why leaving the eu will be a disaster? i dont know anything about the eu.
As a Brit I'd just like to say that _that_ is how a country should grasp an opportunity. Rather than the bitchy whining I've seen from many of my compatriots so far!
Now that's a way to learn about a country I did not know much about. Great impression in my mind! Sounds too good to be true though. Any true experiences here in HN?