Interested in the reasons behind the 'no brainer' move. We're in France, and the regime for startups, with innovation tax cuts and other security nets is pretty favorable. The engineers are pretty good too!
I'm currently under the Auto-Entrepreneur scheme here and frankly it's a bordel :) I'd like to kill URSAFF sometimes...
Edit: I should also say that I'm out in the sticks in the Limousin region. I imagine things are a bit better in Paris. Where are you guys based?
And yes Limousin, may not be your startup hub of choice, but after all, it is probably cheaper than everywhere else. Probably good enough while you are in the coding phase, not that good afterwards for sure.
The language problem is real though, and I understand your move much better now.
We're in Toulouse, some other startups I know are in Paris. Ping me if you ever come down South (everything above Bordeaux is Great far 'beyond the Wall' North for us :) ).
Would be great to meet up for a beer/wine/ricard and talk startups the next time I'm in the South. I can't see your email but mine is in my profile.