Bellevue, Washington

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Bellevue is a rapidly-growing city in King County, Washington, USA, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. In 2003, the Census Bureau estimated the city had a total population of 112,344, making it the fifth largest city in the state and the largest on the Eastside of King County. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's April 1, 2006, estimate, the city has a population of 117,000. Based on per-capita income, Bellevue is the 15th wealthiest of 522 communities in the state of Washington.

Downtown Bellevue is undergoing rapid change. Lincoln Square, which opened in 2005, and a recently-completed overhaul of the former Qwest building into a new City Hall appear to be the leading edge of a development boom. Over the next few years, the area will see the construction of several additional high-rises and other projects for office, residential, and retail space.

For a full description of the real-world city, see the article at Wikipedia.

In TV Superheroes

Bellevue is the location of the Saybrook Clinic, a psychiatric hospital founded by Doctor Matthew Jansen. Nurse Elizabeth Miller used to work at the clinic, and her sons Daniel Bowen and Christopher Beauregard are patients there.