I think it may just depend on what it is you&#x27;re trying to accomplish with your career.  Take Atlanta since you bring it up.  Atlanta already is the number one place to be globally for a career in Information Security which is a significant chunk of the tech community even though it&#x27;s not nearly as flashy as social-web.  Atlanta is also becomming a nexus for email-related startups (it&#x27;s really not just Mailchimp there are several major ones here when you look at volume of email sent).  Turner is headquartered in Atlanta, as is Coca Cola, Home Depot, CNN, and more.<p>Atlanta has become a really excellent city for graphic artists and design firms because companies such as Cartoon Network pull artists in from the global market, and then these artists stick around and end up engaging with the local startup community.  In other words Atlanta is becoming a designer hub (and the city&#x27;s close-enough proximity to Disney helps boost this effect)<p>In addition it&#x27;s also a nexus for medical startups probably due to the fact that the CDC is here.