When you look for a new place to live, what is at the top of your list?

Let’s say you already have a job. Do you figure out what part of town you like best, and then find a house (I will use house to mean any dwelling, including apartment, condo, townhouse, villa…) or do you look for a house you like best and then deal with the commute if there is one? What process do you go through?

I am moving again, and this time I am thinking about where to live a little differently and it is a struggle.