Pocatello balances between ISU academic transience and Bannock County railroad-town permanence. Downtown rooms fill with students cycling through on four-year rotations, while Old Town hosts the families who've been here since the trains ran. Chubbuck-adjacent draws the suburban overflow. Alameda and Highland add the residential layers. The comedy here reads the tension between campus rotation and Gate City stability. Open mics become the space where both timelines converge. Comics who grasp Pocatello's dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone recognized the city outlasts every graduation while the Portneuf River keeps flowing.