Appleton sorts itself by industry and era. Broadway rooms fill with paper-mill families who've been here for generations, while Downtown draws the young professionals chasing the revitalization. College Avenue Corridor hosts the Lawrence University bubble. Riverfront District operates on its own schedule. The comedy here navigates populations that share a city but experience different economies. Open mics become the rare space where the mill town and the college town sit together. The comics who acknowledge both Appletons without choosing sides find audiences grateful someone noticed the gap.