Kansas City straddles between Missouri roots and Kansas spillover. Westport rooms fill with the creative class who claim the Missouri side, while Power and Light hosts the crowds who don't care which state they're in. Crossroads draws the arts energy. River Market and Brookside add the neighborhood layers. The comedy here navigates the tension between state-line identity and metro unity. Open mics become neutral ground where both Kansases sit together. The comics who honor Kansas City's specific border position find audiences grateful someone understood the city isn't one state or the other—it's both at once.