Portland rent pushed you east, and now Beaverton's where the work happens. Downtown rooms surprise you—real crowds, real laughs, none of the city's performance-art pretense. Cedar Hills audiences want entertainment, not ironic distance. Last week you bombed at Creekside, then found your rhythm at South Beaverton. The suburbs have their own circuit, and it's teaching you things Portland couldn't. Tualatin Hills and Summerwood host the late shows. The commute back feels shorter when the set lands. Beaverton stopped being a compromise somewhere along the way.