Myrtle Beach moderates between Grand Strand tourist transience and Horry County year-round permanence. Broadway rooms fill with visitors chasing beach-vacation fantasy, while Market Common hosts the locals who actually live here. Surfside draws the family energy. North Myrtle and Carolina Forest add the residential layers. The comedy here reads the tension between seasonal economy and year-round community. Open mics become neutral ground where both identities converge. Comics who grasp Myrtle Beach's dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone saw the working town behind the tourist crowds—the one that stays when the snowbirds leave.