Summerville buffers between Charleston metropolitan gravity and Dorchester County small-town identity. Main Street rooms fill with commuters who work across the county line, while Downtown hosts the families who've been here for generations. Azalea Park draws the residential energy. Knightsville and Ladson add the neighborhood layers. The comedy here reads the tension between metro proximity and Flowertown permanence. Open mics become the space where both identities converge. Comics who grasp Summerville's dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone recognized the town keeps its own momentum while the Charleston sprawl pushes north along I-26.