Of course they do. I don't think I've ever known any teenager who didn't like the idea of go carts, bungee jumping stuff, arcades, zip-lines, hanging out with friends, girls on vacation, and a national park as beautiful as any beach in the southeast, etc. It's not like they'll be doing it all the time. . . or ever. It's the fact that all those things, and a lot more, are available here and the distance for the large majority of recruits is not much, if any further than the other SEC schools from their home.
The point is that the recruiting "hotbeds" are not far enough away to make any difference for the majority of recruits. It is not an insurmountable obstacle some make it out to be. . . in fact, it's not much of any issue at all, especially when you're winning. . .