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Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

Anyone lived here before? Just looking for some info on it. The public schools in this area are hiring.......

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

We have some growing content from people who have been there. Still not much, compared to other locations, though.
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Anseong

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

How far is it from Seoul?

Atavistic · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

Congradulations on the most useless post EVER!!

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

Atavistic · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject:

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

Is there dog resturants there? Cause that's what I"m MOST concerned with....

Atavistic · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:

OP, in order to get there for a weekend trip in February...I believe we went to Pyeontaek station, then took fairly long bus ride. (I may not have been in Anseong proper. Don't really recall. The bus ride was 30 mins? 45 mins?)

So go to the subway website (http://www.smrt.co.kr/english_smrt/cyberstation_smrt/cyberstation.jsp) and find the station you want in Seoul, then Pyeontaek.

It's 100 mins from City Hall to the subway station, and then the bus ride on top of it.

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

Finally a real answer....thank you!!

Tommy · Joined: 24 Aug 2005

I was in Anseong in January. It was a pretty small and quiet town, but had a nice shopping area and all the necessities. There was a big E-mart at one end of the town. It was about a 90 minute bus ride from Seoul.
PM me and I might have some pics.

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Dog's great! We're having it tomorrow night at the mens club meeting... Very Happy

Atavistic · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:24 am Post subject:

I have pics from a festival there in October. You can PM me and I'll send the link.

IlIlNine · Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo

It really dependson where your school is. If you're near the center of Anseong, it can be quite nice. There's a new Emart for all the modern grocery stuffs, but there's a rather nice traditional market where you can do your shopping Korean style. Busses from anseong terminal (sounds grand, ,doesn't it?) go pretty much everywhere and are generally faster than taking the bus out to pyeongtaek station then taking the subway. YMMV.

There are also some nice attractions just beyond the city - it's a perfect place to have a motorbike.

However, Anseong actually covers a lot of countryside that's filled with schools. If you get placed at one of those, your choice will be to either live in the nearest small village (probably a bad idea), or near Anseong downtown and commute to school (which may be as much as 30 mins each way)

Personally, I think if you're a complete newbie, you may want to give the place a miss. There are other, bigger cities which will be a little easier to live in. However, if you know a little Korean and are a 'go with the flow' kind of person, you could do a lot worse. It definitely has its charms.