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I work with a bunch of highly skilled immigrants. They live in Texas, Kentucky, Colorado, and a bunch of other places. Now that remote work is prevalent, people are moving to all sorts of places.

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There's also a lot of great wine and delicious pizza in TX, KY, and CO, but I bet if I throw a dart in the dark 9 times out of 10 I'm going to land on a name from CA or NY.

The data is publicly available:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/29/h-1b-visa-a...

But if you don't want to click, you'll find the highest share of H1B per capita in Texas, namely College Station.

That doesnt disprove the point though! H1Bs congregate in specific areas, research hubs or tech hubs

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