In short
Georgia lets many nationalities stay for a very long time without a visa, which makes it a singular case: no paperwork, no border runs to organise.
Tbilisi is a city of unapologetic contrasts: a carved-wood old town, Soviet blocks, creative districts and wine cellars everywhere.
The Caucasus mountains are a few hours away, and setting up a local structure has a reputation for being simple.
What it really costs
Central housing is still reasonable, with a clear rise linked to the recent arrival of many foreigners.
Food and wine are exceptionally cheap, and Georgian cooking is a reason to come on its own.
Public transport is close to free on the scale of a monthly budget.
Working here
The connection is decent, coworking spaces exist but are still few.
The time zone is close to Europe's, which makes collaboration easy — that is the real advantage over Asia.
Taxation and the ease of opening a local business are subjects to research seriously with an adviser, not to decide on a forum.
What nobody tells you
Winter is genuinely cold and the city is grey for several months a year. The sunlit image in the photographs matches two seasons, not the year.
The regional situation and the geopolitical context call for constant attention.
And public infrastructure remains uneven: heating, insulation and pavements vary enormously from one building to the next.