[niftich]

Let's define Southeast as below the 36°30' and east of the Mississippi (i.e. we're definitely excluding VA, DC, WV, KY, and anything west of the Mississippi including Louisiana).

Those actively gaining on rankings of 'prosperity' include Nashville, Charlotte, Charleston SC, and Raleigh-Durham [1]. Atlanta has a good amount of preexisting prosperity, though it's not ranking as high now. Greenville has seem a fair bit of growth as well.

Subjectively, you can perceive that these metropolitan areas are doing a lot better than others in the Southeast.

[1] https://www.brookings.edu/research/metro-monitor-2017/

[danielvf]

You got it. The companies I was talking about are covered in the cities you listed.