Evanston reorients by relationship to the lakefront. Central Street rooms fill with the established families who've been here for generations, while South Evanston hosts the Chicago overflow who discovered the Purple Line. Main Street draws the Northwestern bubble. Dempster operates on its own schedule. Rogers Park-adjacent adds the border energy. The comedy here navigates populations that share a city but experience different relationships to the skyline across the water. Open mics become the rare space where the North Shore and the city-adjacent sit together. The comics who honor Evanston's specific identity find audiences across every L stop.