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| How often do you leave the city you live in to travel around Korea? |
| I live in Seoul and I leave every week |
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2% |
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| I live in Seoul and I leave twice a month |
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2% |
[ 1 ] |
| I live in Seoul and I leave three or four times a month |
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2% |
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| I live in Seoul and I leave once every 3-6 months |
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0% |
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| I live in Seoul and I almost never leave |
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17% |
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| I don't live in Seoul and I leave my town 3 or more times a month |
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40% |
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| I don't live in Seoul and I leave my town 1-2 times a month |
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27% |
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| I don't live in Seoul and I leave my town once every 3 months |
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2% |
[ 1 ] |
| I don't live in Seoul and I almost never leave my town |
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5% |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:16 am Post subject: How often do you leave the city you live in? |
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I get the impression that a lot of people, especially those who live in Seoul, rarely take the chance to travel in Korea. How often do you leave Seoul (or the city you live in) to visit other places? Where do you go? What do you do? And what's the best place you've visited?
if you very rarely leave Seoul, why not? Is it because you don't know where to go? Is it because there's always some party happening in Seoul that you want to attend? Or..?
I personally leave Seoul about 2 weekends a month. I think it'll probably creep up to 3 weekends a month now that the weather is nice since I like beaches, lakes and rivers. I prefer spending the weekend chilling by the water with cheap store bought beers and a few good friends to partying in Hongdae or Itaewan or wherever. Works out a lot cheaper too ^^. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: |
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Wouldn't leaving seoul 3-4 times a month be the equivalent of leaving once w eek?
I didn't see an option for "leaving seoul once a month".
Thats about the rate at which I venture out. Even then, its to Gyeonggido. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| Over the years I've been all over the peninsula (lived outside of Seoul for nearly 2 years of my time) and I think it just kind of isn't all that interesting for a guy like me so I don't leave Seoul a whole lot. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
Wouldn't leaving seoul 3-4 times a month be the equivalent of leaving once w eek?
I didn't see an option for "leaving seoul once a month".
Thats about the rate at which I venture out. Even then, its to Gyeonggido. |
Err yeah you're right. I'm not so good at the maths/statistics type thing apparantely. And I missed 'once a month' too. Oh dear.
So where do you go in Gyeonggido? To another city or to a country type place?
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| Over the years I've been all over the peninsula (lived outside of Seoul for nearly 2 years of my time) and I think it just kind of isn't all that interesting for a guy like me so I don't leave Seoul a whole lot. |
What interests a guy like you? |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:22 am Post subject: |
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Well I voted for the last field, but if truth be told, I live in one city and work in another, and of those two cities, I rarely leave.
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PokerZero
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: theultimatetrek.com/forum
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| I left my city to head to either Seoul or Incheon at least once a week I would say. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:30 am Post subject: |
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| I spent the day in Seoul and anyone who can live there and never leave is a hardier sort of folk than I. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| PokerZero wrote: |
| I left my city to head to either Seoul or Incheon at least once a week I would say. |
What's your city?
You go there to party, or eat good food, or to meet friends? All of the above? Do you ever go to 'country' towns/villages/resorts instead? |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 8:06 am Post subject: |
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Well many Koreans who live in Seoul only go to the area they work in and the area they live in. My former boss was actually surprised to hear that I have gone all over Seoul. He was like "You know these places"? I've also had Koreans tell me "Wow! You live in Jamshil but are here at a bar in Shinsa"??? That's far!!!!!  |
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rocklee
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Why people don't leave their cities/towns often enough :
- its costly (transportation)
- takes preparation especially if you want to go as a group
- time consuming
- if people aren't flocking there then I'm not going either
- nothing interesting to see as every town looks the same
But primarily, my Korean friends either can't afford the money or time to go out as often as I wanted to. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| I work in Incheon but live in Bucheon. I guess I leave almost everyday. |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: |
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I leave my city very rarely. Every thing I need is here  |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| Over the years I've been all over the peninsula (lived outside of Seoul for nearly 2 years of my time) and I think it just kind of isn't all that interesting for a guy like me so I don't leave Seoul a whole lot. |
Yeah, I would say 80% of my travelling around Korea for the sake of it was all in my newbie years here. Spoke almost no Korean, didn't have much money, didn't have a clue what was where, what was worth seeing or how to get there. Going with Korean friends the first couple times was great, but I also wanted to try it on my own. (especially w/o the damn c-blockers around  )
There were times I ended up walking outrageous distances because I couldn't figure out the bus links or I misheard/misread something. The boat engine overheated so we're marooned till they send a rescue boat tomorrow morning. Wandering around for hours looking for the best place to eat/drink/sleep. The Korean hinterland back then was nowhere near as developed as it is now, and it certainly wasn't set up for non-Korean-speaking travellers at all. Even for Koreans it was quite primitive and makeshift by the standards of today. God, did I have a blast. Those madcap, ill-prepared jaunts around the provinces gave me some of my fondest memories and experiences of this country and the people.
Today, I could afford it a hell of a lot easier, I have a far better idea of what's worth the effort to see, and I wouldn't have the language-barrier confusion & delays, so the whole experience would be 100 times smoother. But I'm worlds busier now, more commitments and people counting on me than I had as a newbie. The fact is, holiday travel time is infinitely scarcer and more precious to me now. And I'm less interested in seeing Korea's far-flung attractions again than I am in spending every moment of my limited holiday time seeing/doing/eating/drinking some of the many things I can't readily see/do/eat/drink in Korea. I just don't think I'd feel rejuvenated after a month in Jeju, Gangwon-do, etc. at this stage. I'm reasonably comfortable with my work and life in Korea nowadays, but the longer I live in East Asia (Korea being my 3rd stop) the stronger my hankering for a big, fat, juicy slice of Western Civilisation when I can get it.
| princess wrote: |
| Well many Koreans who live in Seoul only go to the area they work in and the area they live in. |
Going back a great number of years, a Korean landlady of mine, somewhere in her 70s, used to boast in the way old people often do about such things that she was born within the Four Gates of Seoul and never set foot outside them. Shopping, dining, meeting friends & family, doctor's visits -- her whole life was spent right there in "yangban-land." (Harrumph! And Puck You, Gangnam!) I'd remind her that the house was technically outside the perimeter of the Four Gates, and she'd grumble about that.
| Ilsanman wrote: |
| I work in Incheon but live in Bucheon. I guess I leave almost everyday. |
I had a somewhat similar situation. Home was in Seoul, Office was all the way to the opposite end of Seoul and another 15 minutes into the deep, dark wilds of lawless Gyeonggi-do. Several months a year I only saw my house in the daylight on weekends. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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A couple of years ago I was travelling out of the town I'm in almost every weekend.
Nowadays I leave town two weekends a month.
I just got back from a beautiful breezy 30 Celsius Saturday spent with a fellow Dave's poster at Sangju beach on Namhaedo.
The water's warm! (after a few minutes) |
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