Bellevue, WA
The city’s name comes from the French term belle vue (“beautiful view”), and its population is roughly 124,283. Known for its biennial Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, it draws thousands of visitors to its Park Downtown to see up to 46 three-dimensional artworks from artists around the country.
Also, in celebration of its strawberry farming history, Bellevue holds a Strawberry Festival on the fourth weekend in June annually at Crossroads Park. The small town has also made outstanding progress in law enforcement by making use of the latest technological innovations.
Bellevue Police afforded the technologies like Crime Analysis Software, T-3 Electronic Vehicle for downtown patrols, Digital Forensics Server, IPads for field use, etc. Since it began in 2009, Bellevue Police Foundation has collected more than $233,000 in donations. So, Bellevue is considered to be one of the safest cities in Washington.
Bellevue, Washington is a bedroom community of Seattle and, as such, is NOT a small town!
Bellevue is filled with many wealthy people so, if you’re of modest means, don’t plan on moving there.
I don’t like Bellevue . . . .
Small town! Not! The one I’m from has no stop light and there’s a flea market every Thursday, May through September. There are other small towns around and each has a festival in the summer.
You definitely missed my home town.. Ravenna, Ohio! It should definitely be on your list…
Where do you get that a town with over 100,000 people is a small town? I live in a town with 5,900 people. Now, that is a small town.
What about Ferndale, CA?
It is the best small town in Northern CA!