There are plenty of opportunities in small towns with < 100, 000 people. These towns usually have one moderately funded community college at best. This means you have this perfect imbalance of skilled professionals and untapped small town business startups in order to conquer the landscape quite painlessly.

If things go sour in my part of the world I will definitely find some small but rapidly growing desert town to monopolize. Hope this didn't come off too cynical but it's really not that bad of an idea.