Charlotte’s tech entrepreneurs bask in glow of No. 1 ‘Tech Town’ ranking

The Queen City has a new crown and its tech community is quite proud of the recognition. CompTIA on Tuesday published the rankings of the best places for IT professionals to live and work, looking at hundreds of cities across the United States, and it was Charlotte that came in ranked at the top.Charlotte was named the #1 technology town, despite having not been named a finalist for Amazon’s HQ2.  Raleigh was ranked #2 with the Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area ranking #15.“We’re not surprised by today’s news ranking Charlotte #1 for best places for IT Pros to live and work,” said Michael Praeger, CEO and co-founder of AvidXchange.  “The numbers we see today demonstrate the years of hard work, not just in Charlotte which leaders have positioned as the Silicon South, but across the state of North Carolina to drive innovation.”