McCall buffers between Boise metropolitan gravity and Valley County mountain-town identity. Lake Street rooms fill with visitors chasing resort-town fantasy, while Downtown hosts the locals who actually live here year-round. Payette Lake draws the weekend overflow. West Side and Lick Creek add the residential layers. The comedy here navigates the tension between tourist economy and year-round community. Open mics become the space where both identities sit together. The comics who honor McCall's dual rhythm find audiences grateful someone saw the working town behind the ski crowds—the one that stays when the tourists drive home.