What's a small town near Osaka 10 points for best answer?

Question:

I wanna teach at an Osaka school after college but saw the prices of apartments and saw they were expensive. So I wanna live in a small town and travel to Osaka everyday if there's any smaller towns near Osaka and also should I teach middle school or high school and can anyone give me tips 10 points for best answer

Answer:

You are approaching this the wrong way round - you get a job THEN look for a place to live.Osaka fu is a big place and public transport isn't cheap.
Also, you will find more foreigner friendly landlords in big urban areas.