Bellevue

Bellevue is the third largest and upscale city in Seattle metropolitan area. The city’s name is originate from its French term as Beautiful view. Bellevue offers a high quality of life for people of all ages. Bellevue has consistently voted as the best city to live with great restaurants, coffee shops, shopping, high quality schools and lots of recreational resources for all people. Not only is Bellevue a leader in life style, but it has also become an economic powerhouse and a center for corporate headquarters. Another important factor has been the presence of software giant Microsoft Corporation. Although that company is technically no longer headquartered in Bellevue, it retains facilities in Bellevue. Moreover, construction is proceeding on numerous additional high rise office and residential structures in the urban core. In fact, it has been speculated that Bellevue might be on its way to becoming a twin to Seattle and increasingly sharing the role as the major metropolis of the Pacific Northwest.