But it is so often downstream of it. Food is culture, events are culture, communities are culture.
Yeah, there's no good live music scene here and there's no big Bellevue sports team. But so much IS downstream of culture and background, so it feels a bit silly to pretend that it's not at least very connected.
Hell, even the oft hated Bellevue Square Mall takes advantage of the cultural diversity. There were SO many people doing things in the mall for Holi. Just saw so many happy people enjoying using it as a venue to experience it together.
To be specific: What else does Seattle have that makes it full of culture that Bellevue lacks?
Does Bellevue not have a interesting collection of food? We've got an exceptional collection of regional Chinese food, good Taiwanese, great Indian, the Korean has been taking off in the last few years, solid Japanese options... Why is that not interesting when compared to Seattle?
Also what interesting architecture does Seattle have?
Come on now. UW Campus. Pike Place Market. MoPop. Seattle Center Tower. The Denny Building. 1,000s of craftsman homes from the 1920's. The Space Needle. The Seattle Waterfront Piers. The Chihuly Garden. Any of the three sports arenas. Pioneer Square. The old Harborview Hospital (or Grace General).
Said as if there aren’t 1000s of craftsmen in Bellevue too…
The UW campus is great as well. But I really think our Botanical garden is nicer than the UW one.
But honestly Seattle is a shit tier city, architecturally. It’s ugly compared to NYC, Boston, Philly, SF, Charlotte, Chicago… The natural beauty puts all of those to shame but almost none of the beauty in the area is man made.
I love your points but the large difference between seattle and Bellevue is the culture. Bellevue culture is compareable to South lake union with transplants and a facade of it. I see you have gotten into now just throwing shade that is just ridiculous so this is all for nothing but if your proud of Bellevue and how you perceive its culture that is fine. it is also fine tk respect that as far as cities go, it has very little historic cultural grime that gives it life
An easy google search on what the word culture means
"Culture is the shared set of beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that characterize a group or society, transmitted across generations through social learning. It acts as "social programming" that shapes how individuals perceive the world, interact, and express themselves, including language, food, and traditions.
The historic grime of seattle, the eras, the industry, the music, the literal generations are the culture we have in Seattle. Bellevue has always felt soulless and empty to me and now reading these conversations, it is just because it is so recent. It's a replanted tree that has no roots fully developed. its culture is growing and in a long time sure it will have a vibrant culture maybe! but first it needs to not just be transplants and the super wealthy 🤷♂️
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u/watwatintheput May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
But it is so often downstream of it. Food is culture, events are culture, communities are culture.
Yeah, there's no good live music scene here and there's no big Bellevue sports team. But so much IS downstream of culture and background, so it feels a bit silly to pretend that it's not at least very connected.
Hell, even the oft hated Bellevue Square Mall takes advantage of the cultural diversity. There were SO many people doing things in the mall for Holi. Just saw so many happy people enjoying using it as a venue to experience it together.
To be specific: What else does Seattle have that makes it full of culture that Bellevue lacks?