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[sobriquet]

No foreigners to speak to, no Koreans to speak to - pretty good points.

Drivers are worse out in the countryside - bad point.

[n�fara]

[sobriquet]

Not where I am. They are wild here. Nearly got mowed down waiting on the sidewalk to cross the road last night. Heard a noise of brakes. Looked and saw a car sliding towards me (not even forzen or wet). Jumped back and the car stopped where I had been standing.
Gave it a heft boot a few time on the wing and shouted at the guy. Who just sat there, then drove off.

Around here they are bad bad. Small country town, 90% of it is schoolzone around the main town area, doesn't stop drivers driving full speed everywhere. Traffic lights - no need to stop for them or junctions. Or crossings with children and crossing guards.

For the annual school newspaper I wrote and angry piece about the behaviour of parents and their driving near the school.


Last year at the first snow fall, a driver tried to take the corner where one of the student crossing guards stands. Student got out of the wat but the sign on the corner bought it. Right across where the student had been standing seconds earlier.

[jindodog]

nifara....I noticed you live on Jeju...that probably makes a big difference to be honest. I lived on Jeju for a year, and since then have lived various places on the mainland....Jeju people seem to be the friendliest Koreans i've met....though of course there's always exceptions to every rule.

[Mdvl_lady50]

Rural or city. I lived in the States for almost 30 years in an extremely rural environment. My then husband and I thought it would be a great place - in the mountains - to raise kids. Both girls turned out fine with the exception of the younger one doing her not so good deal, but she turned around. Problem IMHO is that rural life can be boring. Both of my daughters now live in downtown San Francisco. They pretty much had the hick town routine ad nauseum. Also it's a fairly cool place to visit with unlimited chowda, sour do bread, etc.

I decided to teach in the outskirts of Seoul. I think it's pretty quiet as well, but a subway reach to the city.

[Godhasbeengoodtome]

So far it is okay here. They told me I would be in one city but actually I am in another smaller one. At first that bothered me but it is quiet here and peaceful. I read and watch tv on the net. My apartment is pretty cold in the kitchen and bathroom as there is no real heat unless I plug in the portable heater, which is ridiculous because it takes me two hours to heat it up and then it only takes me five minutes to cook or take a shower. So I've learned to grit my teeth and endure some cold.

I like the quiet streets though and am glad the guy who lives in back of my house has stopped vomiting at three a.m. That drove me crazy last week. But actually he still may be doing it because I started putting earplugs in.

What I hate here is no Homeplus to buy spaghetti sauce and other stuff at.

But the school is ok so far and they paid me my airfare back without me even asking for it.

[afsjesse]

[quote="Godhasbeengoodtome"]

I like the quiet streets though and am glad the guy who lives in back of my house has stopped vomiting at three a.m. That drove me crazy last week. But actually he still may be doing it because I started putting earplugs in.

to the boondocks!

[afsjesse]

[quote="Godhasbeengoodtome"]

I like the quiet streets though and am glad the guy who lives in back of my house has stopped vomiting at three a.m. That drove me crazy last week. But actually he still may be doing it because I started putting earplugs in.

welcome to the boondocks!

[gangpae]

Banjos and pigs.

[jonbowman88]

I heard of people struggling with extreme lonliness

[wylies99]

[ontheway]

If you like big, dirty, crowded, pushy, rude cities where everything is more expensive, go to Seoul.

If you can't live without your western food and lifestyle and fellow native English speakers who look like you to socialize with and you want to avoid having to socialize with the natives, go to Seoul.

If you want to save money and like smaller cities in the west and if you want to make Korean friends and don't need fellow foreigners around to survive, go to one of the smaller cities. Everything is cheaper in smaller cities.

If you really want to save money (everything is either much cheaper or not available), and never see another foreigner, if you want to learn Korean language and culture and like the rustic, rural life, if you always wanted to live in Hooterville ("Faaaarm livin' is the life for me....") then you'll love rural Korea.

[wylies99]

[ontheway]

[wylies99]

I have NEVER seen a smaller store in Korea match a bargain found at a larger Korean store or Costco. What "deals" are you talking about?