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Agreed. On some of the hills in Seattle you can see Bellevue from afar. I'm not sure we can really call it a suburb anymore though because it's rapidly growing into a full-fledged city, with a lot of business being centered in its downtown.
Still a population less then 150,000. Though it's a true city now it still has many suburban aspects. Still relies on Seattle heavily.
Tacoma is more of a Twin city. If you actually look up the history, Tacoma should of been the main city in Washington if the railroad wasn't built all the way to Seattle and basically bypassed Tacoma. It's just as old as Seattle and has never functioned the same way. More of an independent city of it's own. Never a suburb or edge city. While Bellevue was a planned city with no real historic importance. It serves as a hub for businesses but is never really referred to as a major city for the region like Seattle and Tacoma are. It may be sooner then not but as one today it is still somewhat of a suburb.
Tacoma only has a population of 200,678 while Bellevue has a population of 124,798 which is expected to boom. I think it's funny to think of Tacoma as a real city and not Bellevue considering that Bellevue has the stronger economy, more wealth being invested in it, (a better skyline which doesn't designate a city but it's cool nonetheless ) and is probably going to pass Tacoma in population within the next two decades.
Heck, I live in Riverside, CA which has a population of 310,651 and it still doesn't get the amount of attention that Bellevue gets.
Tacoma only has a population of 200,678 while Bellevue has a population of 124,798 which is expected to boom. I think it's funny to think of Tacoma as a real city and not Bellevue considering that Bellevue has the stronger economy, more wealth being invested in it, (a better skyline which doesn't designate a city but it's cool nonetheless ) and is probably going to pass Tacoma in population within the next two decades.
City limit lines are arbitrary. Think of Tacoma as Baltimore, Seattle as Washington DC, and Bellevue as Arlington/Tyson's Corner.
Tacoma is a core city, as is Seattle. Over the decades the area in between the two has grown from rural into suburban. Bellevue meanwhile was strawberry farms 50 years ago. Bellevue is a suburb of Seattle is that is developing into a significant center.
Tacoma is more of a Twin city. If you actually look up the history, Tacoma should of been the main city in Washington if the railroad wasn't built all the way to Seattle and basically bypassed Tacoma.
The railroads terminated at Tacoma and Everett and later extended to Seattle. High land prices caused by real estate speculation helped to stall Tacoma while propel Seattle. East coast investors priced Tacoma out of its terminus title.
Tacoma only has a population of 200,678 while Bellevue has a population of 124,798 which is expected to boom. I think it's funny to think of Tacoma as a real city and not Bellevue considering that Bellevue has the stronger economy, more wealth being invested in it, (a better skyline which doesn't designate a city but it's cool nonetheless ) and is probably going to pass Tacoma in population within the next two decades.
Heck, I live in Riverside, CA which has a population of 310,651 and it still doesn't get the amount of attention that Bellevue gets.
Bellevue is primarily made up of (fairly expensive) single family homes and now that its built up and has no areas left to annex unless it decides to really redevelop some of them its unlikely to be larger than Tacoma even within 2 decades. To put this in perspective it grew by 13k over the last census period.
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) and is probably going to pass Tacoma in population within the next two decades.