Quote Originally Posted by ImprisonedPride
As I hear it from out-of-state friends and family, looking at the south east US to be the last glimmering hope for salvation of a career in programming at this point. Probably means when I finally get my Bachelor's degree I'll have to move to India...
Texas here. South, but not in "the South".

There's plenty of good programming work still here. So much so that they keep bringing in foreigners to do it . No, seriously, if you're decent at it you can find a good job, particularly in web application development.