Yeah, anywhere can work, but my first immediate thought was to set Phandelver between Verbonc and Dyvers, to the West kf Greyhawk proper and North of the Wild Coast, lots of places to go. Thisnhas the added advantage of being in striking distance of Hommlet and the OG Temple of Elemental Evil:
This also matches with the Greyhawk placement advice from Princes of the Apocalypse, which Richard Baker wrote to thematically and geographically follow from Phandelver:
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