- Am I there for the atmosphere and safe from imminent doom? By which I mean am I safe from Sin in Besaid, and safe from monsters in Winhill, and safe from all the bad things in Midgar? Do I have the ability to comfortably whoop monster butt during potential excursions because I'm OP?
- Will I be able to travel around the world from my starting city/town (as opposed to being stuck in one town forever)?

If Yes/Yes: New Bodhum. A world ripe for exploration and discovery, we still haven't seen but a portion of it as far as I can tell, and it looks beautiful. I'd still have the tech provided from Cocoon to keep me in touch with the rest of the world, because in the end I'm a tech guy who likes to browse the web, and it seems they have a lot of good tech in this universe.

If Yes/No: I can't travel? Bawww. Okay, for just the one town... guaranteed to be okay for safety... I'd want good tech but also a pretty world. I think I'll go with Cocoon. Does that count as just one location? If not, maybe Bodhum.

If No/Yes: Probably Luca, since maybee mentioned it's safe from Sin. I'd still like to travel (safely) around FFX's world though. It's beautiful. Shame I'm not safe, but this is probably the closest I'd get to relative safety while traveling in the FF worlds, since they're all full of monsters anyway. May as well have a safe starting point but be able to travel to exotic locations (at a risk, just like all the others).

If No/No: Esther. I'd be pretty safe from most things and they have a wonderful tech system well beyond that of the rest of the world, which still was none too shabby. I suspect I'd get to live a great city life in Esther and that they would have excellent methods of giving a solid outdoorsy feel in various areas of the city-continent. The military seems advanced enough to keep me safe from pretty much anything and their leader, Laguna, is cool.