Santa Ana buffers between Los Angeles metropolitan gravity and Orange County county-seat identity. Downtown rooms fill with artists who discovered affordable rent, while Fourth Street hosts the families who've been here for generations. Artists Village draws the creative energy. Delhi and Logan add the residential layers. The comedy here reads the tension between metro proximity and OC permanence. Open mics become the space where both identities converge. Comics who grasp Santa Ana's dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone recognized the city keeps its mercado soul while the courthouse anchors the civic center.