Where to sit?

[lapoker17]

I tried searching for this, but had no luck...

I play in a deep, live NL game - Stack sizes range from $600 (the min buy in) to $10 or $15K. When a seat opens and we're waiting for a must-move player, a few guys are constantly moving seats. For some it seems as stupid as "that seat's hot" or "my seat's cold", but a few of the guys are definitely moving seats for strategic purposes. I've heard the snippets of wanting a Maniac to be on your left rather than your right etc., but I wonder if there is an overall seat choosing strategy that factors in player-types, stack sizes, your own style etc..

This is probably a fairly elementary concept - and perhaps one that someone who plays in a big game should already know, but I don't.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Thanks as always.