Elkins apportions by relationship to the college. Downtown rooms fill with Davis & Elkins students cycling through, while Randolph Avenue hosts the families who've been here for generations. Third Street draws the working-class roots. Beverly Pike operates in its own bubble. The comedy here navigates populations that share a town but experience different four-year windows. Open mics become neutral ground where the academic and the permanent sit together. The comics who honor both the people rotating through and the people who chose to stay find audiences grateful someone saw the whole mountain town beyond the campus.