Eureka contends between regional-hub ambition and Humboldt County port-town permanence. Old Town rooms fill with workers navigating the economic transition, while Downtown hosts the families who've been here for generations. Myrtletown draws the residential energy. Cutten and Pine Hill add the neighborhood layers. The comedy here reads the tension between hub aspiration and North Coast stability. Open mics become neutral ground where both identities converge. Comics who grasp Eureka's dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone recognized the city keeps its Victorian soul while the timber economy finds new purposes.