I think the local culture or lack thereof is an important factor to point out. It's got to be incredibly challenging to encourage creative young liberal artists

I think the local culture or lack thereof is an important factor to point out. It's got to be incredibly challenging to encourage creative young liberal artists to move to West Virginia for any period of time. "The real estate is cheap" only gets you so far - speaking generally, puppetry jobs are in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta to some extent, and... abroad.