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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| I miss what it used to be. It's pretty sad these days. Very dead. 2002 was its peak (for me, as that's when I came here) and it's been downhill ever since. i heard it used to be really interesting before the subway was there. |
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ardis
Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| ciccone_youth wrote: |
I don't mind Itaewon during the day: I like to get some middle Eastern food and other international foods, English books and magazines, and see a more diverse population.
However I stay FAR from it at night. Enough said. |
I'm pretty much the same. I love some of the restaurants in the area and I don't mind grabbing a drink once every month or two there, but...so many of the places resemble an American frat house--the people, the atmosphere, everything. If I want to have American men shout sexual comments that they think are going to win them points, gee, I guess it would be fantastic. Or maybe I'd go there if I wanted to see a really intense foreigner shouting match. But other than that...nope.
I don't see how Hongdae is clique-ish, either. Overall, people are extremely friendly and outgoing. It also has some fun underground music clubs. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
Now days, all the GI guys hangout in HongDae all night.
So, by default, Itaewon is becoming the more interesting place. |
If the GI's and the wannabe tough guy university students go at it, in Hongdae, everybody wins. |
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ceesgetdegrees
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
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| I like Itaewon for the restaurants and the food shopping. I don't hang out there or in Hongdae because I prefer not to hang out with other foreigners too much. I did that when I lived at home. |
Thats too bad because i'd really like to see a 60 + year old waygookin "hanging out" in hongdae. |
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flaptastic
Joined: 06 Jul 2008
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| I have a short list of places that I like, and stay away from the rest like the plague. If you can wade through the trash there really are some gems. |
Well said. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think Itaweon is dangerous at night. The reason I go to Itaweon more is b/c its closer but I do like the vibe of Hongdae much better. |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Moroccan Nights.  |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| I miss what it used to be. It's pretty sad these days. Very dead. 2002 was its peak (for me, as that's when I came here) and it's been downhill ever since. i heard it used to be really interesting before the subway was there. |
The peak was '98/'99 when all of the other bars in the city had to close at 12:00. 신촌 emptied around around 11, the illegal after-hours places in 홍대 were popping with ultra-cool people until 1:00 or 2:00, and then 이태원 became one giant seething mass of everything both and wrong and right about humanity from around 1:00 to 4:00 as people from 홍대 and 강남 and 종로 descended. Hooker Hill could barely be navigated because it was packed with people having an all night street party (the bars were too packed to get more people into them.
This was before it had good restaurants and before army curfews and was always an adventure of some sort.
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Itaewon is the death of me, really. I get my paycheck and blow it and come to work on Monday thinking "Advance, please." I just cannot control my money spending when I drink.
I have 21,600 Won left and payday is the 30th. Hmm.
Oh well. I'll still go again, but I have to bite the bullet for a while. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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"I have 21,600 Won left and payday is the 30th. Hmm. "
That's absolutely incredible. You got paid on Friday, and that's what's left? |
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ciccone_youth
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| how will you survive for food and stuff? credit card? i'm worried. |
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R-Seoul
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: your place
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| It's OK for clothes/souvenir shopping. |
Bwahahahahahaha!
Seriously though, anybody who thinks that Itaewon is a dangerous, sleazy place has lived a very, very sheltered life. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| poet13 wrote: |
"I have 21,600 Won left and payday is the 30th. Hmm. "
That's absolutely incredible. You got paid on Friday, and that's what's left? |
Yeah, I've been sort of behind this year. Each pay has advances taken out of it. I think it all stems from when I was living in Taiwan on next to nothing. Or I'm just not good with money. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:08 am Post subject: |
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| ciccone_youth wrote: |
| how will you survive for food and stuff? credit card? i'm worried. |
Obviously I'll have to get an advance. Thing is, I've already gotten 2 or 3 advances since starting this job. Not that I owe anyone anything though. I don't owe my employer anything and I don't have any bills.
I spend money like it's going out of style. My pension money (3 years' worth, my paychecks, etc.). |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
| I don't think Itaweon is dangerous at night. The reason I go to Itaweon more is b/c its closer but I do like the vibe of Hongdae much better. |
LOL! That's what I get for sharing a computer. I wonder how many more messages got through before she noticed?  |
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