Berkeley's identity shifts faster than the rent increases. Telegraph Avenue Corridor rooms fill with people who arrived last year and people whose grandparents marched here—both claim ownership. Downtown Berkeley draws the academic lifers. Elmwood hosts the families who bought before the boom. West Berkeley warehouses fill with artists pricing out of Oakland. Claremont District keeps it established. The comedy here navigates who gets to call Berkeley home. Open mics demand awareness that everyone's Berkeley is different. The comics who acknowledge that complexity find audiences across every arrival date.