Let me help you: Porto Alegre, Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Recife, all cities in Brazil with boatloads of developers and entrepreneurs, healthy ecosystems, booming markets, great culture and nightlife.

We just held the largest Javascript conference on the planet in Porto Alegre, with 900+ attendees, while RubyConf was simultaneously happening in São Paulo.

We do have excess bureaucracy for business, but it's getting better.