I think the issue is that elementary school teachers, like nurses and doctors, are a core job of any city or town. So it should be affordable for them to live in the town they work in.
The medium has been the on the front of culture wars as far as the 80s. I would certainly not count on it as something to take a break from current politics as the others OP have listed. Now, if the club is about making actual animation, as oppose to discuss / critics some shows, it would be a different story. But most anime clubs aren't about that.
