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DCJames · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

Seongnam (not Bundang) and the Suwon Station area are utterly decrepit, filthy, and full of vice. Dirty farmers come out of the woodwork. Alcoholics drinking on the open streets. Streets and streets full of brothels.
Man these areas are the pits.

Which area do you think is the worst?

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

Letiz7 · Joined: 29 Jan 2007

My flat is a disgrace

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

I thought Seongam looked ok when I was there.

Is that the place with the nice park in the center with the dancing fountain and the really empty E-mart with no other shops and only 5 open in the food court?

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Manguri - utter shite hole

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

Guro Digital Complex
Wangshimni

endo · Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Location: Seoul...my home

There's an overpass walking bridge just west of Yeongdunpo Station that has a collection of homeless/mentally ill people living at the base of it.

I've rode through there several times with my bicycle. It's quite strange.

There is also a red ligt district a few blocks away.

But I still love Yeongdunpo. It has a lot of character to it.

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

The Perfect Cup of Coffee · Joined: 17 Jun 2007

DCJames · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

ardis · Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Location: Seoul

jaredbahama · Joined: 16 May 2007 Location: blue line

i work at guro digital complex. it's dotted with brand new buildings, there's a great walking/biking river-trail right alongside the subway station, they have a newish e-mart, and there's even a subway sandwich restaurant around here. mmm....turkey sub....anyway, it's also walking distance to gasan digital complex, which is where koreans go to buy clothes that are marked down 75%, but are really the same price as anywhere else.

wo buxihuan hanguoren · Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Location: Suyuskis

Most parts of Guro Gu and Yeongdeungpo Gu are pretty bad I'd say.

Some parts of Dobong Gu are grim, too.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

Seriously you guys, how can you really say any part of Seoul -- or Korea, for that matter -- is bad and another part is good? The whole country is pretty much the same where ever you go. Not good, not bad.

Compare Seoul to LA or Shanghai or London... now those other cities have some true "slums" and they have some really nice areas. I just dont see it in Seoul.