Geo-question-a-graphic ?

This week I've decided to look at the ideal location I should live in related to the profession of journalism, for the sake of the exercise we'll say I'm a freelance journalist of the print and radio platforms. To help me work this out I come up with some points I should think of:

-Is a city or town ? Considering that a lot of the amenities will be located in big cities like a majority of national newspapers are located in London it would be logical to live in a major city but what I should consider is:

-Do I have suitable mode or access to transport ? Sadly not every story fall onto your lap so I would need either a car or access to reliable public transport

-Is it near where I would work or could find work ?- Like with every other job it should be at least close enough for me to get their in time for the start of my working day.

- Would the place I would like to live in hinder my work ?- Could the area I live in be dangerous or unsuitable for my job, for example Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is a video game journalist who lives in Australia, though this slightly hinders his work as the country has very strict censorship laws so some of the games he wants to review are extremely difficult to obtain.

Now I was thinking about working abroad Chris Frost has suggested to 'make sure you don't need a visa- plenty of countries will not allow you access without one. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will give advice. Their web site is a wealth of useful information and has specific pages of advice on every country you are ever likely to travel to.'

Logically the US posses a hive of various media outlets one the like of Toby Young have used. If I ever planned to live their I must be careful concerning my job, Chris Frost says 'America requires you to apply for an 'I' via if you are working as journalist to media at home. If you are working for US-based media then you need a different visa.'