Half Moon Bay for example looks like a nice little place? I had dinner there once passing through. Wasn't an Applebees.
https://www.visithalfmoonbay.org/
Go much further north of the Bay and you can live in Yountville and I think you'll have a 3-star restaurant in your town, which is a level of culture you can't even get in most US megacities. Again not Applebees.