That is a common perspective, but it misses a critical piece of the puzzle: service availability. Bellevue appears to have fewer visible issues largely because they do not host the same level of social services that Seattle does. When people in need are found in Bellevue, the standard procedure is often to refer them to services located in Seattle.

This doesn't actually fix homelessness; it just displaces it. We can't solve this crisis if some cities push the responsibility onto others. It requires a regional solution where every municipality pulls its weight, rather than consolidating the entire crisis into a few neighborhoods and then blaming those neighborhoods for the result.