Greenville, NC is a lively college-and-healthcare hub (East Carolina University and ECU Health) with a walkable Uptown packed with restaurants, breweries, arts venues, riverfront trails and an affordable cost of living—ideal for comfortable multi-week travel-therapy assignments that feel like living, not just working.
Weekend options include Jacksonville and historic New Bern, both about an hour away, offering military-town dining and shopping plus riverfront history and museums so you won’t be stuck with nothing to do.