Goldsboro is an affordable, easy-to-navigate small city with a walkable historic downtown, growing food and brewery scene, parks and community events—an unpretentious, comfortable base for multi-week travel therapy stays where it’s easy to settle in and make local connections.
For weekend variety, Raleigh’s museums, restaurants and airport and Fayetteville’s larger shopping, entertainment and Fort Bragg–related amenities are both about an hour or less away, so you won’t be stuck with nowhere to go.