Last week Forbes published a series of home-related lists that suggested some of the best places to live depending on readers' agenda. Looking to launch a new company? Burgeoning biotech center Ames, Iowa, might be the town for you, Forbes says. Looking for a small town? Bardstown, Ky., might strike your fancy.

One of the Forbes lists focused on telecommuting-friendly locales. Among the many towns included are:

• Albuquerque, for its combination of reasonable housing prices and local art, architecture and food.
• Astoria, Ore., which is described as a mini San Francisco without the exorbitant housing prices.
• Blacksburg, Va., which combines family-friendly attributes in a college town with high-tech aspirations.
• Michigan City, Ind., a Lake Michigan resort town with low crime and clean streets.
• Freeport, Maine, the picturesque, seaside home of L.L. Bean.

The author says his idea of telecommuting heaven includes broadband Internet options, a sunny and dry climate,  hiking trails and spicy Mexican food.

My version of telecommuting heaven would likely be in Maine, somewhere on the coast. Like the Forbes author, I don’t want to be too isolated. Proximity to Portland, with its great restaurants, shops and bars, would be important. I'd also like a roof deck with wireless access, plus a coffee house and ice cream shop within walking distance.

Better yet, I'd like to have a few telecommuting options to choose from at all times. Maybe I could spend my summers working from the coast of Maine, then migrate to Chicago for the fall. For winter I'd like to give Salt Lake City a try, and for spring, I think I'd stick to my current hometown, Minneapolis.

It turns out, such a plan might not be so far-fetched (except, of course, for the real-world issues like mortgages, schools and daycare that can make relocating on a whim tough to accomplish).

Most teleworkers work in more than one location already, according to a new data from ITAC, a telework advisory business that's now a division of the WorldatWork professional association for human resources executives.

This past summer, The Dieringer Research Group polled U.S. workers on behalf of ITAC and asked where they may have conducted work in the past month. The results suggest that out of 135 million U.S. workers, 45 million worked from home during the one-month study period. Those same 45 million workers also logged hours working from an average of 3.4 additional sites. Some of the most common alternate work sites are: