Atlanta is a top 3 tech mecca of tomorrow

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Forbes - 3/28/2017 - Josh Green - Atlanta is only city east of the Mississippi to be recognized. By now, most Atlantans have seen physical evidence of a blossoming tech culture from downtown’s Flatiron City and Ponce City Market to Buckhead’s Atlanta Tech Village—and most have probably heard rumors of local 22-year-olds pulling six figures. Now, Forbes magazine helps to verify what city boosters have long been saying: that Atlanta is among the country’s hottest tech boomtowns. In a report this month titled, “5 U.S. Cities Poised To Become Tomorrow's Tech Meccas,” Atlanta earns the No. 3 position, just ahead of progressive West Coast darling Portland. Atlanta isn’t just the only Southern city to be recognized—it’s the only place east of the Mississippi River, as New York has long been established as a tech titan.The list, in order from the top: Salt Lake City (helped by huge recent investments by Amazon); Denver; Atlanta; Portland, and Seattle. Read more @ http://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/3/28/150 ... a-tomorrow