I haven't specifically looked into this but I have seen Atlanta pop up several times when discussing tech scenes in the south. As far as Texas is concerned, Aus

I haven't specifically looked into this but I have seen Atlanta pop up several times when discussing tech scenes in the south. As far as Texas is concerned, Austin is going to be your best bet if you are looking for a startup job. For the most part, it looks like the majority of jobs in the bigger cities are for larger businesses running a .net stack or php.