Pleasanton is a lively, walkable East Bay city with a charming downtown, excellent restaurants and breweries, regular farmers’ markets, parks and nearby hiking — a comfortable, safe base for multi-week travel therapy assignments that also feels very liveable if you choose to stay longer.
Big-city options are close: Oakland and San Jose (roughly 30 miles) offer expanded dining, entertainment and medical centers, and San Francisco is about 35–40 miles away for weekend cultural outings and international flights.