San Francisco oscillates between tech-corridor wealth transience and San Francisco County neighborhood permanence. SOMA rooms fill with engineers who transferred in for the startups, while The Mission hosts the families who've been here for generations. Hayes Valley draws the artsy energy. Noe Valley and Bernal Heights add the residential layers. The comedy here reads the tension between tech-boom rotation and fog-city stability. Open mics become neutral ground where both identities converge. Comics who grasp San Francisco's dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone recognized the city keeps its sourdough soul while the unicorns multiply south of Market.