Kihei calibrates between resort-town tourism and South Maui community. Kalama rooms fill with visitors chasing beach-town fantasy, while North Kihei hosts the locals who actually live here year-round. Maui Meadows draws the established residents. Keonekai and Halama add the residential layers. The comedy here navigates the tension between serving the tourists and preserving the permanent. Open mics become neutral ground where both economies sit together. The comics who honor Kihei's dual identity find audiences grateful someone saw the working town behind the sunsets—the one that stays when the visitors fly home.