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live in a similar situation. you can't walk anywhere, there are no sidewalks, you have to drive to every subject. the closest national forest is 6+hrs away (not a reality when you work and have college at the same time), the forest near by are small boring and have many restrictions(they are open during worst hours for photos), and the "cities" that I am near have crime and I would only trust being on the first block of the main street only during the day. it's to the point where the very few photographers in my area are exclusively portrait photographers. if you are in a similar situation and you expect to find grand vistas and the sorts, give up. you won't ever find it, you need to focus on the details, get close and intimate with your subject, focus on the small (macro), focus on texture, lighting, the abstract. those who say location isn't important is retarded, if that were the case no one would ever have to leave their house to become a famous photographer. but to think that there can be hundreds of square miles without a single subject is just as retarded. if you live in a shit area when you want the grand and awe-inspiring you have to leave, there is no shortcut, you can't make mountains, rivers, and oceans grow out of your back yard.
