Before you make up your mind about where to settle, check out the roads and the rush hour traffic. Some places are miserable to travel to and from at some times of the day. Pay attention to the routes for closure barracades; some roads get closed during some storm conditions and you cannot use them at all regardless of what kind of vehicle you have. Same goes for some freeway ramps. There may be times that they just plain bar you from getting on.

We have a saying up here that we have two seasons, winter and road repair. During the winter you will drive on ice sometime whether you drive out on the lakes or not. Winter storms will make long commutes on heavily traveled routes into nightmares. OTOH Road repair may make you wish for winter driving.