Fri, 13:20: Um. Yes. Because Bellevue and Kirkland are both *suburbs*, and are indeed, by definition, small cities. Bellevue having a local skyline that punches above its weight does not change that.
Side note: my many standards, *Seattle* is a small city. And Bellevue has 1/5 the population of Seattle. So locals "guffawing" over the New York Times calling Bellevue a small city just sound like country hillbillies.
Idiotic articles like this are why people don't read newspapers anymore.
New York Times, coworking cafe dub Bellevue, Kirkland 'small' cities

Fri, 20:08: Today we tried the U District Art Walk and it was basically a bust, most places were already closed—we won’t be bothering with this one again. But since we were here, we went to check out the UW cherry blossoms, our first time visiting at dusk. https://t.co/Rse29IxQef