Chico fragments by relationship to the university. Downtown rooms fill with Chico State students cycling through every four years, while Bidwell Park Area hosts the families who've watched the cycles for decades. South Chico draws the year-round residents. Meriam Park operates in its own bubble. Forest Ridge and Park Ridge add the suburban layers. The comedy here navigates populations that share a town but experience different timelines. Open mics become neutral ground where the students and the lifers sit together. The comics who honor both the people passing through and the people who stayed find audiences across every semester.