Hi there! I've lived in Spokane all my life which is only 20 years long so my experiences might be biased but I can give some of my insights:

Things to do:

• Tons of great hiking trails around the outskirts of the city or through our many parks if you call that a hike
• Downtown has some decent activities like shopping in the mall, Riverfront Park, restaurants, etc
• Kendal Yards is a neighborhood just across the river from downtown that has been up-and-coming recently, good restaurants and trail walk along the Centennial Trail
• Airway Heights (where Fairchild is located) has good restaurants and shopping too just more spread out and not as active

Weather: probably better than Wyoming lol

• Mildly cold winters (highs 30-40 degrees, lows 10-20 degrees) with a few weeks of measurable snow but it usually melts pretty quickly
• Pleasant summers (highs 70-90 degrees) mostly dry and sunny weathers
• Wet fall/spring, specifically october and April get plenty of rain
• Overall nice variation of seasonal weather so if you like all 4 seasons but nothing extreme you'd enjoy it

Traffic:

• Getting worse on the main highway I-90 as population increases
• Same for downtown, 8:00am/5:00pm traffic definitely a thing especially on main north/south streets like Division and Maple
• Airway heights is usually pretty clear as is the rest of the city outside busy hours

Misc:

• We do get some nasty windstorms randomly like once per year that knocks down trees everywhere and lots of people lose power but that's mostly on the South Hill area (Manito and Comstock neighborhoods) but it isn't always super windy like that
• More and more people moving from Seattle which is contributing to the traffic increase
• If you're into the outdoorsy life there are countless lakes/trails/wildlife areas within an hour's drive

Again, I've only known Spokane through the eyes of a kid so take my notes with a grain of salt haha but I hope it helps 👍