You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Look up the Atlanta Tech Village and the buildings around it. Atlanta has it's own "Silicon Valley" and the startup / tech industry is pretty booming here.

Atlanta Tech Village http://atlantatechvillage.com/ Venture Atlanta (for up and coming startups to get funded) http://ventureatlanta.org/

Nearby there's companies like BitPay https://bitpay.com/ Terminus http://terminus.com/ SalesLoft https://salesloft.com/ YikYak https://www.yikyak.com/home