Cheapest nice rural place to live in the US ?

[cbloom]

I'd like to buy a house in the country somewhere in the US with nice weather. Where's the cheapest place I can do that?

I currently live in CA and I think the whole state is too expensive. I'm also thinking places like Montana are too cold for too much of the year.

I've heard that something like North Carolina or West Virginia might be good possibilities (?) Ideally I could buy a tiny cabin/house and a bit of land for $200k or less.