yukonnights
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Location (and also location in a certain timeframe) ranks high in my story elements as well. I use it to bring something unique to the story and often to help set the mood/atmosphere. I use it to celebrate that I've managed to be in a lot of places too.
It can also help to form an idea of how a character from that place might behave, general appearance, world view, etc. To use Vallecitos, New Mexico for example; Having been in that part of the country, as a reader the image the author (Not Wise) might paint for me would be embellished by my own ideas of what I know about New Mexico and the general culture,etc. This may be a limited understanding, but most folks would have some idea having seen movies or read books about it.
And yeah, it does bring back fond memories and even thankfulness to have experienced other places. I hadn't thought about that, that's probably part of the enjoyment in writing them.