[hudkina]

Bellevue is far more similar to Southfield from a developmental timeline than you'd think.

Bellevue didn't start taking off until the 1950's the same time that Southfield did. It may have been settled in the 1860's, but so was Southfield. Southfield was settled by the 1830's. The area was essentially a rural hinterland until the bridge opened in 1940, and even then, it didn't start truly developing until the post-war era. The city only incorporated in 1953 essentially in the same era as Southfield. Virtually everything that exists in Bellevue was developed in the 50's or later. There was no true urbanity in Bellevue prior to the current wave of post-war development. The only difference is that in recent decades, Bellevue has seen a huge wave of new urbanism and Southfield has not.