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| Itaewon, a place in Seoul? |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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 Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: OMG! Itaewon! |
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You can, like, totally see it on Google Maps and everything!
Personally, I think there are two schools of thought on Itaewon:
Some people want to go there regularly, and some people don't.
Personally, I think the subject of Itaewon needs to be enshrined as one of the great ESL Cafe subjects of polite conversation. Like such classics as the appeal of western women compared to that of Korean woman, and the fond relations between Canada and America.
Who wants to start a petition?
You can bronze discussion board threads, right? |
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shaunew
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| good during the day, but when night falls one must leave. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: OMG! Itaewon! |
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| twg wrote: |
Like such classics as the appeal of western women compared to that of Korean woman, and the fond relations between Canada and America.
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Or Gay vs. Stud. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:31 am Post subject: |
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Ooo! That is a good one!
And the oppression of Christianity. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Itaewon fun fact: If you walk along Itaewon road from Noksapyeong subway station, you may eventually come across Itaewon subway station.
Eerie! |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:01 am Post subject: |
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| shaunew wrote: |
| good during the day, but when night falls one must leave. |
I agree. Great variety of food there, but that's all. The motels are shockingly low quality. |
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monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:28 am Post subject: |
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I feel dirty in Itaewon no matter what time of the day or night I'm there.
I judge the quality of foreigners by how often they go to Itaewon. BFF (best foreign friend, people) goes about 4 times a year. High quality. Old coworker goes every Friday and Saturday night. Low quality. |
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TECO
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| shaunew wrote: |
| good during the day, but when night falls one must leave. |
This is good advice. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Atavistic wrote: |
I feel dirty in Itaewon no matter what time of the day or night I'm there.
I judge the quality of foreigners by how often they go to Itaewon. BFF (best foreign friend, people) goes about 4 times a year. High quality. Old coworker goes every Friday and Saturday night. Low quality. |
Quite the broad generalization.
My school is in Jamsil. They don't give me an apartment; only housing allowance with no key money. I don't have the twenty million won it would take to get a furnished apartment anywhere near Jamsil, so I live in Itaewon where they key money is, in some places, practially non-existent.
Because I live here I go to the restaurants quite frequently.
Does this necessarily make me scum? No? I'm sure there are many others you judge as scum who are in the same situtation I'm in, not to mention the other explanations that may circumvent your 'Itaewon scum theory'.
No Itaewon= High Quality
Itaewon= Low Quality.
Logic isn't your specialty. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| Atavistic wrote: |
I feel dirty in Itaewon no matter what time of the day or night I'm there.
I judge the quality of foreigners by how often they go to Itaewon. BFF (best foreign friend, people) goes about 4 times a year. High quality. Old coworker goes every Friday and Saturday night. Low quality. |
Quite the broad generalization. |
Yep. I know.
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Does this necessarily make me scum? No? I'm sure there are many others you judge as scum who are in the same situtation I'm in, not to mention the other explanations that may circumvent your 'Itaewon scum theory'.
No Itaewon= High Quality
Itaewon= Low Quality. |
Dude, "scum" is quite a strong word. One I never used.
Also note I said "by how often they go". Living is not going. Now, I would hold out for a job where I didn't have to live in Itaewon, but that's just me. Choices, my friend, choices.
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Logic isn't your specialty. |
No, but Having an Opinion is.
Calm down man, what do you care about my opinion for?
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Itaewon fun fact: The girl who you met at the bar will love you and only you forever and ever. You lucky sod... |
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Axl Rose
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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A strong opinion about Itaewon - good or bad - is usually suggestive of the observer having lived a stunningly uneventful life.
I kind of agree with Altavistic about people who go every weekend though. That's a good litmus test....but then again, so also is hating Itaewon. Either of the two = butthole. |
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Jizzo T. Clown
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Location: at my wit's end
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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I don't hate Itaewon because I've never been. I find everything I need here in Songtan. I've been invited to go clubbing there but it's nearly 2 hours away, and the pull isn't that strong.
I don't understand the appeal, and really have no strong desire to go. Maybe one day before I leave Korea... |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Axl Rose wrote: |
A strong opinion about Itaewon - good or bad - is usually suggestive of the observer having lived a stunningly uneventful life.
I kind of agree with Altavistic about people who go every weekend though. That's a good litmus test....but then again, so also is hating Itaewon. Either of the two = butthole. |
I'd agree with that.
A lot of the people who diss Itaewon must have lived very sheltered lives in very uneventful places where everyday was nice, white and middle-class.
I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks so I see Itaewon as a pretty normal urban area where the normal routine of drinking, streetfighting and whoring goes on. But those things are just a small part of Itaewon. That bit that happens after midnight. Most of Itaewon, most of the time, is respectable. But, middle-class wussies need something to fear..........
Add in the factor that it's probably the only place in Korea where a decent selection of Western goods and services can be had. |
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