When you think of the term "New South," which metro comes to mind first? (living, better)

[Space_League]

"Research Triangle"

[citidata18]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

...Definitely a place for fresh ideas! Meanwhile Dallas and Atlanta can keep playing the corporate relocation game to attract mature companies with staid ideas beginning to wilt. I guess Houston has learned to catch fish while Dallas and Atlanta are content on being given fish. Eventually companies will end up here to figure out how not to go extinct.

Based on a 5 year average (2014 - 2018) using data from the US Census Bureau, this is where the 3 metro ranks in terms of their Startup Formation Rate:

5. Dallas-Fort Worth (9.82%)

8. Atlanta (9.52%)

10. Houston (9.48%)

And in term of raw numbers for Startup Business Activity, Greater Houston is slightly ahead of Atlanta but DFW is ahead of Greater Houston.

Source:

https://learn.roofstock.com/blog/cit...-most-startups

[lovemy.bm0r3]

Atlanta with the quickness lol.

[NorthAtlanta]

New South -> Atlanta

[Going Rural]

I know people get sensitive about this but Texas is not the real south.

Only Houston may pass as southern (i.e. southeastern).

Definitely not Austin or Dallas or San Antonio. They are south central/western.

[Need4Camaro]

Atlanta.

Dallas, Houston, Austin, ect are not southern in the traditional sense. They are southern hybrids at best. The southern vibe isn't as prominent as it is in Atlanta.

[atadytic19]

So ATL is the New South AND the Old South?

I guess only ATL is the south.

For me I would go with Raleigh/ Durham, Nashville and Austin and up and comers such as Greenville.

[NC2ATL60]

Atlanta and Raleigh

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Going Rural

I know people get sensitive about this but Texas is not the real south.

Only Houston may pass as southern (i.e. southeastern).

Definitely not Austin or Dallas or San Antonio. They are south central/western.

Southern? Yes. Southeastern? Not in the slight.

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Space_League

"Research Triangle"

Interesting that Charlotte has remained more stagnant than Atlanta, while the center of gravity is shifting to Raleigh-Durham. It is starting to become Silicon Valley East!

Heard on the radio tonight that Apple is going to build a campus for hardware development, similar to the recently opened Austin campus for software development.