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[katydid]

[Bulsajo]

[Joe Thanks]

[katydid]

You know, that is very true too....I have heard most of the people "from Seoul" are not, and they just were lucky enough or scrappy enough to climb on the backs of others to get the hell out of the "hick" province and become "cosmopolitan" Seoulites.
I met a lot of Koreans when I was in Los Angeles. Guess where they said they were all from???

[Zyzyfer]

I don't feel any Seoul superiority from any Seoulites I know, but they all tend to be a bit scared of actually leaving that familiar little weekend routine for something a bit different. Every time the request comes up for them to leave Seoul, even for one night of partying hard, they'll find some (generally) inane reason to try to get out of going.

I especially liked the one about catching a taxi after drinking from Cheonan to Seoul.

[waterbaby]

[Harpeau]

Many Koreans that I met in Toronto/Hamilton were from Cholla Province. One was from Pusan and maybe a couple from Seoul. What's that about Katydid?

Harpeau

[TheUrbanMyth]

[quote="Derrek
You feel some sense of inferiority towards those from Seoul because of what life there "might" offer -- .[/quote]



What has Seoul to offer (except in terms of quantity) that say...Busan doesn't have. Most things that Seoul offers can be found abeit
in smaller amounts all over Korea. The two things that Seoul offers most appear to be lots of foreigners and a certain tolerance towards intra-racial dating. The first I can do without, and the second I have experienced in other places outside Seoul.

[weatherman]

well, Maybe to thoughs who live in Seoul, Seoul rocks, but I am always happy when I leave Seoul, if I have been visiting. I like the rest of Korea much better. Seoul is very myopic, always has, and for the future will be.

[Joe Thanks]

[canuckistan]

When I arrived in Seoul I was most disappointed one could not ride a bicycle around that easily. Often wish I was in one of those sleepy little towns.

[Butterfly]

[The evil penguin]

Being able to escape the traffic fumes without being stuck on the conjested roads for long periods of time has my vote.

Sure Jinju can be a tad bit boring. But come weekends, who cares? Jump on the bike and cruise up the coast roads. Wanna visit Busan? Soeul? Buses are dirt cheap. And the savings you make on accomodation here means that you can afford to motel it while you are doing the ol' big smoke trips.

The air is pretty clean, the river actually pretty scenic. Friendly people ('cept for a dickhead director) and cheap (korean) food. The big american food chains are here but very pricey. But who cares. I didn't come here to eat western food.

Soemthing I've noticed about the koreans. They like to create social hierachys in just about everything. Maybe makes 'em feel good about themselves. Soeulites are better Jeju-ites, Men are better then woman. White skin is better then black skin. Koreans are better then everybody. (although sometimes I get the feeling that they actually believe that they are somewhat "less" then us and resent us for it...)
Get the feelings sometimes that my korean co-workers resent me for making more money then them. I can understand the resentment. So they compensate by constantly giggling amongst themselves about my arm hairs. (am i paranoid?) In other words, I am on a lower hierachy based on my body hair. This sounds stupid but I'll continue. But because of my blonde hair and blue (grey actually but they can't tell the difference) eyes, however on another level I'm superior to them.
Its all bull-shit when it boils down to it but it keeps there petty minds occupied.
You do experience a similar thing back in Aussie. When i walk down Queenstreet Mall in Brisbane wearing my blundstone boots, king-G work shirt and smelling distinctly of horse and cows, i get a lot of condendsending glances. Understandable because I probably do stink.
But there can be a prestige thing about living in the city 'burbs.
Personally, who gives a dead dingos donger?

[denz]

[denz]