Flora is a friendly southern Illinois small city (pop. ~4,800) with a compact downtown, parks, a restored depot and regular community events—an easy, welcoming base for multi‑week therapy contracts where comfortable short‑term housing and quick local amenities make settling in painless.
For weekend variety, Effingham (about 31 miles) and Mount Vernon (about 53 miles) put bigger-city shopping, dining, entertainment and larger medical centers within an easy drive, so you won’t feel stuck between shifts.