Kings Mountain is a compact, affordable Southern small city with a friendly, walkable downtown, easy access to parks like Kings Mountain National Military Park and Crowders Mountain for quick hikes, and enough local restaurants, breweries and coffee shops to keep multi‑week contracts interesting.
Big-city options are close by — Charlotte (about 30 miles) for major airports, pro sports and nightlife, and Spartanburg, SC (about 35 miles) for a growing arts and brewery scene — so you get quiet, low-cost living with weekend options within an hour.