Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?
Being from the (rest of the) US, what disturbs me about this poll is how much entrepreneurial talent we might be missing out on.<p>At current count, ~2/3 of readers are from outside the US. These results seem to be backed up by pitdesi's post.<p>Since HN is so centered on startups, that's quite a few founders and potential entrepreneurs who could be working on the next Google. And all things being equal, there is a 2/3 chance that that next Google won't be happening in the US.<p>The Valley is amazing, but it's nothing without talent. Making our immigration law more amenable to founders obviously won't cause a mass migration of founders here, but surely some will be attracted to our awesome startup hubs. And we need every edge we can get.<p>We really need a startup visa.<p>---<p>Edit: A couple of the responses have misinterpreted what I was hoping to convey. Of course I don't think everyone is dying to come to the US. What I am simply arguing is that 1) HN is a decent proxy of the startup community, 2) much of that community is outside of the US, 3) is there anything the US can do to attract <i>some</i> of that talent?<p>This is a question <i>every</i> country should be asking themselves, because startups are engines of prosperity. 
For the US, I think the startup visa is a good solution.