Fargo runs on two clocks—NDSU semester rhythms and families who've weathered fifty winters without leaving. Broadway rooms fill with students cycling through and professionals who chose to stay after graduation. Island Park draws the artists who discovered rent that lets you make art. West Fargo hosts the families building equity. Moorhead adds Minnesota perspective across the river. The comedy here reads which clock the room runs on. Campus crowds want irreverence; lifers want recognition that Fargo existed before the movie. The comics who serve both find audiences united by surviving January together.