So a large part of Urban Fantasy seems to be the setting - whether it's setting as a character or place as a grounding in reality. To that end, what are some of your favorite city locations for UFs? Which cities haven't been used that you are dying to see? And at what point does it become rural fantasy?
I'd like to see something set in Kansas City. It definitely has potential for Urban Fantasy.
I think it would become rural fantasy once you leave the "metro" area. If the skyline isn't dotted with buildings and smog doesn't hang like a dirty blanket over the streets...I'm not sure its Urban.
I'm working on a UF and I'm contemplating setting it in Anchorage, Alaska for a variety of reasons. I know it incredibly well. We have enough forest, and marsh, and ocean, tourists, transients, and so on. It's a feasible location for all sorts of things. And a great winter spot for the vampires. Snowbirds are already an established concept here.
I would enjoy reading a UF that was set in Alaska. I've never been but I understand it is breathtakingly beautiful.
My biggest problem with writing UF is that I can't manage the U part. I grew up in the country. The biggest town an easy distance from me (and that I know well enough to write about) is Huntington, West Virginia (population 49K). And I don't feel comfortable writing about Atlanta or Birmingham or other big cities, because I've never been, or only passed through briefly.
Perhaps not "urban" but at least modern?
I like the idea of a fantasy story set in a smaller town. I know around my small city there are plenty of places that would qualify as creepy and could be included into a modern fantasy type deal.