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Thanks to large tax incentives, the "Camera Ready" state of Georgia has become the go-to place for film and television production in recent years. Such production has proven financially significant for the state, with an estimated $9.5 billion impact in 2017. Advertising that "Georgia is Every Location," the state offers filmmakers a diverse array of landscapes, settings, and moods at an affordable cost. While Atlanta has received a great deal of attention from producers, smaller towns have also become the sites for a number of highly successful television series. Jackson stands in as Hawkins, Indiana in the Netflix series "Stranger Things"; Senoia is home to "The Walking Dead"; and Covington, "The Hollywood of the South," sets the scene for "In the Heat of the Night," "The Vampire Diaries" and "Sweet Magnolias," among others.