Bellevue is right across the lake from Seattle. It s the home of Microsoft, which spurred its growth; downtown Bellevue has a Hyatt hotel that is something like 30 stories tall, a huge upscale shopping center, some good upscale restaurants... they key recurring word here is upscale. There s not really a worse part of the city. The worse parts would be considered middle class, as opposed to upper-middle class or upper-class. It s safe overall, and though the downtown area is surprisingly tall, it s still not very big, and so because of this, most of the city is pretty suburban.I suppose it s as good as any small city to live and work in. If you work at Microsoft or a bank or some other high-paying job; any other job in the city is typical of Washington state pay, which is fairly low. Visiting is largely pointless, since there s not much to *see* in terms of touristy, unique attractions, unless you reeeeeeeally want to take a tour of the Microsoft campus. I think it d make more sense to stay in Seattle and maybe get over to Bellevue for the day if you re interested in moving there.The main thing I didn t like about Bellevue is that it seems as though it s trying to be Seattle s Beverly Hills - country clubs, large upscale shopping center that feels like the Beverly Center, and is filled with people who look like they want to live in Beverly Hills. All of my LA friends who came to visit and went over there all remarked how fake LA it was.
Bellevue is great. Personally I consider it to be the classiest and fanciest city in Washington. The shopping is fabulous and there are a ton of interesting things to see and do. The only downside is that some people may consider Bellevue residents to be snobs but those are usually just city slickers who think they kow everything.
Yes, it is nice. It is right next to seattle too so you can just drive over really quick if you want to do something in the city. I like Bellevue square, the shopping center. Like everyone else said, it is pretty expensive and the ritzier place to live in WA.
I ts a nice city to live in. i ts kind of like the Beverly hills of washington state, you could say. a lot of very nice homes and expensive too. in fact that whole area west of seattle is pretty nice.