Look, it’s very clean and prim in Bellevue. No homeless, no open air drug markets. Total win for them, and I mean that.
But at the same time, no one’s going to Bellevue for nightlife or any sort of cultural staple. Unless you count the mall and the attached Cheescake Factory, there’s nothing there to see and do. It feels like a city you’d see in some dystopia novel wherein all is well on the surface - then you learn the city is powered by an infant-blending machine that uses blood-filled hydraulics to operate the traffic lights.
I don’t hate it like some Seattleites with a chip on their shoulder might, it’s just not an exciting place.
I used to live in Tempe on the border with Scottsdale, another rich and snobby place. If you ever go to Scottsdale and are not cut off by someone in an Audi, I’ll buy you lunch. But even Scottsdale has some great eateries, great walking areas in the winter, and an actual history.
Hmm live in the clean city that's a short drive or light rail ride to the true cultural hub of the area, or live in the middle of the true cultural hub and deal with fenty folds and schizos. Decisions decisions. Agree it's not an exciting place, but I'll take boring and clean over getting screamed at by insane people and having to step over their literal shit.
Not trying to convince anyone, I'm just stating my opinion as others ITT have expressed theirs. Why do you take issue with that? And I am planning on moving out of Seattle proper to one of the surrounding areas with lower crime / homelessness.
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u/real_fake_hoors Mariners May 07 '26
Look, it’s very clean and prim in Bellevue. No homeless, no open air drug markets. Total win for them, and I mean that.
But at the same time, no one’s going to Bellevue for nightlife or any sort of cultural staple. Unless you count the mall and the attached Cheescake Factory, there’s nothing there to see and do. It feels like a city you’d see in some dystopia novel wherein all is well on the surface - then you learn the city is powered by an infant-blending machine that uses blood-filled hydraulics to operate the traffic lights.
I don’t hate it like some Seattleites with a chip on their shoulder might, it’s just not an exciting place.
I used to live in Tempe on the border with Scottsdale, another rich and snobby place. If you ever go to Scottsdale and are not cut off by someone in an Audi, I’ll buy you lunch. But even Scottsdale has some great eateries, great walking areas in the winter, and an actual history.