🇺🇸 Bellevue vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Bellevue east of Seattle across Lake Washington is the Eastside tech hub — Microsoft is nearby in Redmond, Amazon has significant Bellevue presence, and the city's skyline has exploded with tech-era development. Lake Washington moderates temperatures and the Bellevue plateau position gets slightly more sun than Seattle proper.

San Francisco's climate is shaped by its position on a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The coastal fog (Karl the Fog) rolls in through the Golden Gate each summer afternoon, keeping temperatures mild year-round. The city has dramatically different microclimates — the Sunset District fog-bound while the Mission basks in sun on the same day.