Hattiesburg oscillates between university-town transience and Pine Belt permanence. Hardy Street rooms fill with Southern Miss students cycling through every four years, while Downtown hosts the families who've watched the cycles for generations. Oak Grove draws the established residents. Petal and Midtown add the working-class roots. West Hattiesburg keeps the suburban layers. The comedy here navigates the tension between the temporary and the rooted. Open mics become the space where both timelines sit together. The comics who honor Hattiesburg's dual rhythm find audiences grateful someone understood the town outlasts every graduation—it just keeps welcoming the next wave.