>There's not a stanford & Berkeley right there This is absolutely a fundamental reason: higher educational system. Atlanta (maybe Texas) is the South's version

>There's not a stanford & Berkeley right there This is absolutely a fundamental reason: higher educational system. Atlanta (maybe Texas) is the South's version of SV and it has Georgia Tech, Emory, and others. If a municipality wants to be a top tech city, it needs the colleges and universities to support that.