Dexter maintains boundaries against Ann Arbor's pull. Main Street rooms fill with families who chose village life deliberately, while Downtown hosts the commuters who discovered the charm. Mill Creek draws the established residents. Hudson Mills area operates in its own bubble. The comedy here navigates populations that share a region but claim different scales. Open mics become neutral ground where the intentionally small-town and the university-adjacent sit together. The comics who honor Dexter's specific Washtenaw County identity find audiences grateful someone knew the village isn't just Ann Arbor overflow.