Cities like San Francisco and New York are magnets for entrepreneurs, but the competition among start-ups is tough and everything is expensive. So where else can you start a business in the U.S.? These seven cities across America are shining bright for start-ups: Cincinnati, Boston, Atlanta, Washington, Los Angeles, Chattanooga, and Austin.

Chattanooga has been making headlines as having a fast emerging tech sector with a strong start-up ecosystem. It was the first U.S. city to roll out a citywide gigabit network (a super-fast internet connection with speeds 200 times faster than the national average) in 2010, in hopes of giving businesses there a competitive advantage. And it seems to have worked; new business to the tune of $865.3 million had been added to the local economy by 2015, according to a study that year by the University of Tennessee.

Chattanooga’s mayor also created an Innovation District, “a 140-acre section in downtown Chattanooga that clusters startups, non-profits, and government entities all in one place,” according to Fortune.

But it’s not just that. “The affordability for starting a business here is great, and the cost of living is better,” Luke Marklin, CEO of Bellhops, an on-demand start-up for moving that operates in more than 50 cities nationwide, tells CNBC Make It. “This helps Bellhops attract the right people and retain talent in a competitive industry.”