Joplin reconciles between tornado-survivor resilience and Four State regional identity. Downtown rooms fill with families who rebuilt after the storm, while Main Street hosts the workers who commute across state lines. Northpark draws the established residents. Eastmorland and Webb City-adjacent add the regional layers. The comedy here navigates the tension between local trauma and regional normalcy. Open mics become the space where both experiences sit together. The comics who honor Joplin's specific position find audiences grateful someone understood the city rebuilt itself—and kept its sense of humor through the rubble.