Hey, I'm the writer :) We actually decided to open this space after meeting a lot of cool startups who did. In this village we had TechStar Seattle and Startup Chile alumi Maptia and media darling Chui. And there are more around the world. Check out NomadList, and Levels.io

Also check http://teleport.org to compare locations. They have not launched global yet, but they probably will soon...

Not sure about idyllic, but iD software started in a lakehouse in the middle of nowhere a distance out from Shreveport, LA.

You don't need ready access to endless city noise, light pollution, or urban gang violence to launch a successful startup or attract talent to it.

Lots of British game companies. You can find world class game development studios scattered more or less at random throughout the UK landscape.

Might work better in the UK than the USA. Average fishing town in the UK is closer to a big city than the average fishing town in the USA.

I think it works for industries where things are tightly project based with sizable periods of downtime. It is a cliche in the music industry to have a studio in the middle of nowhere in which to try and focus, and I don't see why this couldn't work elsewhere. There is also no reason not to have an in-town office and a larger out of town campus. Might even work out cheaper than an in-town office big enough for everybody.

We built the v1.0 of our startup from Taghazout (we lived there for 10 months) so it's definitely possible ;)