Baytown sits on Galveston Bay and makes a comfortable, affordable base for multi-week stays with waterfront parks, fishing and kayaking, neighborhood restaurants, and regular community events—easy to relax in between shifts.
A quick drive puts you in Houston for museums, dining, sports and two major airports (~25–35 miles) or in Galveston for beaches (~40 miles), so you get small-city calm with major-city options nearby.