Bellevue (WA) vs Oakland (CA) (live, cost, compare, place)

[DevanXL]

Both this cities are scene as the second city to there Regions (Seattle and San Francisco). Bellevue is a quickly growing technology Hub while Oakland is more Industrial. Which City do you prefer?

-Downtown
-Economy
-Cost of Living
-Recreation
-Arts/Culture
-Food Scene
-Nightlife

[DevanXL]

Bellevue Pictures:









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Oakland Pictures

[portlanderinOC]

Are you kidding me? I'd probably compare Bellevue more to San Jose than Oakland.
Oakland is probably more comparable to Tacoma.

[RadicalAtheist]

lol what? I don't think many people will say that Oakland is a nicer place than Bellevue, but that alone doesn't turn Bellevue into even half the city that Oakland is...

[RadicalAtheist]

Originally Posted by portlanderinOC

Are you kidding me? I'd probably compare Bellevue more to San Jose than Oakland.
Oakland is probably more comparable to Tacoma.

haha yeah, and even Tacoma is quite a stretch

[portlanderinOC]

Originally Posted by WhiteIrishRebel

lol what? I don't think many people will say that Oakland is a nicer place than Bellevue, but that alone doesn't turn Bellevue into even half the city that Oakland is...

Bellevue is home to a lot of high tech money, much like Silicon Valley, and thus I'd compare it more to San Jose despite SJO being much larger.

[RadicalAtheist]

Originally Posted by portlanderinOC

Bellevue is home to a lot of high tech money, much like Silicon Valley, and thus I'd compare it more to San Jose despite SJO being much larger.

Yea I wasn't responding to you, your post wasn't up yet when I started typing.

Oakland is an actual city, Bellevue is still just a boomburb imo. That could change soon though.

This is amusing to me though because I am actually in Bellevue right now visiting my sister

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by DevanXL

Both this cities are scene as the second city to there Regions (Seattle and San Francisco). Bellevue is a quickly growing technology Hub while Oakland is more Industrial. Which City do you prefer?

-Downtown
-Economy
-Cost of Living
-Recreation
-Arts/Culture
-Food Scene
-Nightlife

Downtown: Oakland

Economy: I want to say they are tied.

Cost of Living: Bellevue

Recreation: Tied

Arts/ Culture: Oakland

Food Scene: Oakland

Nightlife: Oakland

[BayAreaDave]

Thats like comparing Tacoma to San Francisco lol.

[pwright1]

I would take Oakland any day. Less suburban, much older, many more cultural amenities, much more interesting architecturally.