Robert Lee is a friendly county seat on the Colorado River that plays like a West Texas retreat — Lake E.V. Spence offers fishing, camping and birding, there’s a 9‑hole public golf course and active community events, so a multi‑week contract feels more like a low‑stress, outdoorsy escape than a dead‑end posting.
For bigger‑city options, San Angelo is about 31 miles away and gives you restaurants, museums, a regional airport and a metro area of roughly 100,000 when you want nightlife, shopping or quick supplies.