I have been the the Bahamas too and can definitely tell the difference the minute I arrived in Bermuda. The Bahamas was ,like you said, built around the tourists and thrived off of them. Where as Bermuda was a completely different, thriving businesses everywhere, people going about there day not trying to sell me a knock off purse or a bottle of water every chance they got. Me and a friend bought a public transport pass while in Bermuda, and walked through some really nice neighborhoods while we were there.

Oh on a side note, while in Bermuda, friends parents were on a bus that hit and killed a scooterist that tried to play chicken with it.