Florence radiates by relationship to the crossroads. Downtown rooms fill with families who've been here since the railroad days, while West Florence hosts the I-95 corridor energy. Quinby draws the working-class roots. Magnolia Mall area operates in its own bubble. Irby Street and South Cashua add the residential layers. The comedy here navigates populations that share a city but experience different relationships to the traffic passing through. Open mics become the rare space where the rooted and the transient sit together. The comics who honor Florence's Pee Dee identity find audiences grateful someone knew it's more than an exit.