Fayetteville is a comfortable, affordable mid-sized city with a lively downtown, growing restaurant and arts scene, the Cape Fear River for outdoor time, and the major military presence at Fort Liberty—giving you steady local events, museums and weekend activities that make multi-week stays interesting rather than isolating.
Raleigh and Durham are both within about an hour for big-city dining, museums and flights, and the Pinehurst/Southern Pines area is a short drive for golf, trails and weekend escapes.