Pawleys Island straddles between Grand Strand tourist transience and Georgetown County year-round permanence. Litchfield rooms fill with summer visitors chasing Lowcountry charm, while Murrells Inlet hosts the locals who actually live here. Brookgreen Gardens area draws the cultural energy. Hagley and Pawleys Plantation add the residential layers. The comedy here reads the tension between seasonal economy and year-round community. Open mics become the space where both identities converge. Comics who grasp Pawleys' dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone recognized the island keeps its arrogantly shabby soul while the beach rentals fill each summer.