Harrisburg reconciles state capital formality with river-city grit. Midtown rooms fill with government workers who transferred in, while Second Street hosts the artists navigating revitalization. Italian Lake draws the established families. Allison Hill and Uptown add the working-class roots the dome doesn't show. The comedy here navigates the tension between the Harrisburg that governs and the Harrisburg that lives. Open mics become the space where both identities sit together. The comics who honor the capital's dual nature find audiences grateful someone understood the city isn't defined by the statehouse—it's defined by what surrounds it.