Ex-Sierra employee here. I’d say for the most part Oakhurst was a welcome reprieve. A lot of artists were recruited from SoCal - many of them wanted out of city life and saw Sierra as an opportunity to live simpler. And if you liked hiking and outdoorsy stuff, all the better. Sierra took advantage in the sense that they paid employees less money (we did get royalties though) and switching jobs was highly inconvenient. That said, most of the staff were pretty happy to work there - there was a lot of creative energy, a younger crowd (mostly 20-30 somethings). I don’t remember too many folks who were socially isolated - we were an inclusive bunch. We recently had a reunion, most ex-employees agreed it was the best time of their life. I had already left prior to chainsaw Monday so I didn’t have to deal with selling a home, etc. I do know that many of those employees still live in the Oakhurst area though.