Rapid City, SD. (RC) RC is a medium sized city with a lot of amenities and reasonable home prices.
Believe or not, very mild winter weather and pleasant summer climate. This is because the weather comes from the west over the Black Hills. As it descends on RC it warms up.
It might snow, but it melts after a few days. Go to Wunderground.com and look at the History tab using the monthly option.
Summers are equally mild. For example, this month the average temp was 85° F.
Rapid City is one city I have looked at. I’ve even corresponded with a couple of folks there. For me, however, I need to find a decently priced place to rent in the short term until I can get my feet under me and get established. Once I’ve done that, then I’d look at possibly buying someplace as long as prices haven’t really gone through the roof.