Kailua-Kona adjudicates between tourist-economy dependence and Big Island community. Keauhou rooms fill with visitors chasing resort-town fantasy, while Holualoa hosts the locals who actually live here year-round. Kona Palisades draws the residential energy. Kalaoa and Lanihau add the working-class roots. The comedy here navigates the tension between serving the visitors and preserving the permanent. Open mics become the space where both economies sit together. The comics who honor Kona's dual identity find audiences grateful someone saw the working town behind the Ironman finish line—the one that stays when the tourists fly home.