This is a great place to bring up just how intimidating this aspect of this fandom can be.

Oh yeah. I've been to a total of ONE non-American city in my life, and that was Vancouver, BC, which according to some Canadian friends is pretty Americanized. I mean you can use U.S. currency there, for crying out loud ;)

Even within the U.S. I'm not all that well-traveled. So it's either set ALL my stories in the California Bay Area, or learn how to fake it.

All I can say is thank God for the Internet. Google Maps and Wikipedia... what would I do without you?