It turns out that McAfee sold his company, left Silicon Valley, and settled in Colorado to start a new venture. Technology is geographically independent. If you can get T-1 lines to a community, you can operate a technology company. For recruiting talented employees, he finds his mountain location a tremendous advantage over Silicon Valley. The air is clean.
Housing is cheap.
And the skiing is great. He remembers Virginia fondly, though. The lifestyle is healthy. It should be very easy to establish thriving technology companies in the area.