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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:51 am Post subject: Pohang |
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Anyone know Pohang?
Which gu is good to live in? |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:53 am Post subject: |
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I'm not so sure about Pohang, but I have heard it's Korea's arm pit.  |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:30 am Post subject: |
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| probably as far away from the factories as possible |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Doesn't seem like the husband has much of a choice... so we are looking to see where will be good to live..
Anyone? |
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azzwell
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: where the girls from Super Junior cannot find me
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:10 am Post subject: pohang |
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| E-dong is where the rich folk live, kind of up in the foothills with their own private emart and vietmanese restaurant. Pohang isnt that bad, there are worse places. If you just get out of town a bit you can find some pretty nice uncrowded beaches |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:13 am Post subject: |
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Tell hubby that if he wants the prettiest drive in Korea, to drive down the highway south of Pohang...up and around the little thumb that sticks up and then down along the coast. Mountains on the right, beach on the left. Truly a beautiful drive.
Suggestion: Stop and turn around before you get to Ulsan.
PS: There is an ajuma down at Kampo who will give you the key to her restaurant so you can stay and drink soju till you are cross-eyed as long as you lock up for her and leave the key.  |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe the "Life in Pohang" thread on the FAQ forum can help. It's got 30 pages. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: Re: Pohang |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
Anyone know Pohang?
Which gu is good to live in? |
I live in Pohang (actually in Heunghae, a ten-minute drive from downtown). I'm visiting the States right now (back in about three weeks), but feel free to contact me. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
PS: There is an ajuma down at Kampo who will give you the key to her restaurant so you can stay and drink soju till you are cross-eyed as long as you lock up for her and leave the key. |
Haha, this might not be a bad thing, to be honest.. cos he is going to go there by himself while Letty and I remain in Daejeon..  |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:22 am Post subject: Re: Pohang |
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| bluelake wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
Anyone know Pohang?
Which gu is good to live in? |
I live in Pohang (actually in Heunghae, a ten-minute drive from downtown). I'm visiting the States right now (back in about three weeks), but feel free to contact me. |
I know you, don't I? You are the guy who runs this other website that, sadly, isn't really active...
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| E-dong is where the rich folk live, kind of up in the foothills with their own private emart and vietmanese restaurant. Pohang isnt that bad, there are worse places. If you just get out of town a bit you can find some pretty nice uncrowded beaches |
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. Not necessarily going to live in E-dong, but I should imagine that the whole Nam-gu is pretty decent to live in, since E-dong is in Nam-gu...? |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:30 am Post subject: Re: Pohang |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| bluelake wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
Anyone know Pohang?
Which gu is good to live in? |
I live in Pohang (actually in Heunghae, a ten-minute drive from downtown). I'm visiting the States right now (back in about three weeks), but feel free to contact me. |
I know you, don't I? You are the guy who runs this other website that, sadly, isn't really active...
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Not really a website; just a discussion board. It was nice while it lasted. |
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Zoidberg
Joined: 29 Mar 2006
Location: Somewhere too hot for my delicate marine constitution
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Pohang |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
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| E-dong is where the rich folk live, kind of up in the foothills with their own private emart and vietmanese restaurant. Pohang isnt that bad, there are worse places. If you just get out of town a bit you can find some pretty nice uncrowded beaches |
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. Not necessarily going to live in E-dong, but I should imagine that the whole Nam-gu is pretty decent to live in, since E-dong is in Nam-gu...? |
Not quite. The place I lived in was in Nam-gu. It wasn't so flash. POSCO and INI Steel are in Nam-gu, as are alot of the attendent factory worker residential areas. From what I saw, It didn't appear to be the most affluent area. The area up around POSTECH seemed pretty nice, but I'm pretty sure that was in Buk-gu. The impression I got while living there (Bluelake will probably be able to confirm/deny this having both longer term and more recent experience than me) is that Nam-gu was more the industrial half of the city while Buk-gu was the commercial half, with the types of residential areas you would expect to go along with them.
This impression is obviously influenced by having lived in Dogu, home of the world's most horrendous red-light district (straddling the top of the road into town no less), a beach your boss warns you will give you skin diseases and of course, Pohang airport (whose runway is more or less aligned with the one road through town).
Things may have changed since 2004 of course. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Pohang |
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| Zoidberg wrote: |
Not quite. The place I lived in was in Nam-gu. It wasn't so flash. POSCO and INI Steel are in Nam-gu, as are alot of the attendent factory worker residential areas. From what I saw, It didn't appear to be the most affluent area. The area up around POSTECH seemed pretty nice, but I'm pretty sure that was in Buk-gu. The impression I got while living there (Bluelake will probably be able to confirm/deny this having both longer term and more recent experience than me) is that Nam-gu was more the industrial half of the city while Buk-gu was the commercial half, with the types of residential areas you would expect to go along with them.
This impression is obviously influenced by having lived in Dogu, home of the world's most horrendous red-light district (straddling the top of the road into town no less), a beach your boss warns you will give you skin diseases and of course, Pohang airport (whose runway is more or less aligned with the one road through town).
Things may have changed since 2004 of course. |
I don't think things have changed all that much in that time (although we will now have an Outback!). I rarely get around the city much, so I mostly visit the Yookgeori area when I go (lack of time for much else). |
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waterbaby
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Jigok, just down the road from E-dong (but further away from downtown) is quite nice with lots of parks and gardens and I think the uni campus there is PosTech? I used to work in E-dong and was amazed, almost on a daily basis, at the amount of construction going on and buildings seemingly popping up almost over night. People say I wouldn't recognise the place now (I left Pohang in 2002). But yeah, I hear it's now the new posh part of Pohang whereas it used to be Jigok. |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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I hate Pohang...
advice - stay as far away from there as possible.... |
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