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tonyvu
Joined: 30 May 2008
Location: busan - a view of dadaepo beach from my office window
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 Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: Lived/Taught in Ulsan? |
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| Would anyone here who lived and worked in Ulsan recommend this city? Your experiences and insights are always helpful... |
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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For me it was a depressing place. In Korea you have to be socially proactive if you are not to be isolated, and Ulsan makes this hard work. Don't expect anything fortuitous to happen in your life there.
On the credit side the pollution from the chemical industry is not apparent and there is a nice river for exercise if you're into that. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| shifty wrote: |
For me it was a depressing place. In Korea you have to be socially proactive if you are not to be isolated, and Ulsan makes this hard work. Don't expect anything fortuitous to happen in your life there.
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I lived there for one year. You're right the pollution SHOULD be bad, considering the industry, but the plants are by the sea and the air pollution gets dispersed by fresh, seabeach breeze. I was at the far inland edge of the city and didn't notice pollution, even in Summer when it supposedly sits on the city in a smog.
Ulsan makes socializing with other foreigners hard work, you say. How? They all drink too much? I went out quite a few times to drink. If you don't mind drinking you meet alot of other foreingers. If you do I suppose it's depressing hanging out in bars 'just to meet other foreigners'.
There are three foreigner bars in town, Tombstone, Psycho, and that old Eng pub style one in the old downtown (Mc something or other's). Big drinking culture among the foreigners there I noticed, because the option/opportunity is there with these Foreigner bars. Five years ago so the bar names may have changed.
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The bus south to Pusan, that 35km, is cheap and fast.
You can go north along the seaside, Eastcoast highway two hours north to Pohang. Great if you have a motorbike.
Kyongju is an hour away. Koreans kill to go there to see the ancient historical stuff and cherry blossoms in Spring. Ulsan you're right next to it.
Beaches.
The only time I found Ulsan 'depressing' (as the poster above says it was) was meeting up with some certain, heavy drinking bar regulars type foreigners who just couldn't stay away from being pissed all the time, at the same bars, for the same alcohol-craving reason. It was like one big, manic-depressive, happy family and, besides work and the bar, I don't think anybody really got out much.
How was Ulsan and Korea?
A lot of rambunctious students, cigarette smoke, and beer.
Oh yeah and kimchi.
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goo_stewart
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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| I live in Ulsan now. It is fun, loads to do, not boring. Close to Busan and the beach. I love it. Horses for courses. |
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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I suppose it was largely my own fault. I did some hardish gigs there and that impacted on my willingness to extend myself.
After a hard week I'm not overly keen on shooting the breeze with other boisterous males. Rather want something appealing and soft. I found that there was a premium on that. |
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