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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject: Do Koreans want western citizenship? |
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I've been lead to believe that the Ks are a proud bunch and that they love it here.
So do K men and women dream about living in the west? (U.S, Canada, England, Australia etc)
I thought the "Marriage for passport" thing was reserved for Vietnam or Russia, but my coworker told me that my passport is like currency here. |
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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: South of the river
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Your coworker is american right? |
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CA-NA-DA-ABC
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| not really. |
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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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my coworker is actually a korean lady. she spent a couple of years studying in the states though, the pacific northwest.
So I guess that's a possible explanation for her comment. |
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victorology
Joined: 10 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| You will find many Koreans who want to live abroad. I've found most want to stay here. I think Koreans marrying for a green card is no where near as prevalent as it was in the past. |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| victorology wrote: |
| You will find many Koreans who want to live abroad. I've found most want to stay here. I think Koreans marrying for a green card is no where near as prevalent as it was in the past. |
Agreed, though I can only speak about the US. When I first met my wife I was worried I might be just a stepping stone for her, boy was I wrong. These aren't a people living in crushing poverty, dazzled by the bright lights and skyscapers of New York projected from a Hollywood film anymore. Materially there's little to be had abroad that can't be had here, and lots of the stuff we miss Koreans don't seem to want. Plus many are terrified by the spectre of violence that looms over America. |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| BreakfastInBed wrote: |
| Materially there's little to be had abroad that can't be had here, and lots of the stuff we miss Koreans don't seem to want. |
My wife hates the idea of small, quiet Canadian towns. I think she's foolish, but hey.
For the price of a nice apartment in Seoul you can have a virtual mansion in small town Canada. Jobs aren't really an issue for professionals. |
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michaelambling
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| marlow wrote: |
| BreakfastInBed wrote: |
| Materially there's little to be had abroad that can't be had here, and lots of the stuff we miss Koreans don't seem to want. |
My wife hates the idea of small, quiet Canadian towns. I think she's foolish, but hey.
For the price of a nice apartment in Seoul you can have a virtual mansion in small town Canada. Jobs aren't really an issue for professionals. |
Yes, but what do you do with your time? Stare at moose?
I'm in a campus in the countryside and I'm already pulling my hair out. I'm going to rent a place in Seoul and stay there on the weekends. I honestly can't fathom people who like the countryside. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know if they want to get hitched but they sure as hell want out, especially the educated, professional women. A lifetime of marriage to a present day 꽃미남, who is in actuality biding his time until he can metamorphisize into a soju soaked 아저씨, is not very appealing. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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I think a lot of people just want to "change their lives".
But being passport hungry? Nah, not so much. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| victorology wrote: |
| You will find many Koreans who want to live abroad. I've found most want to stay here. I think Koreans marrying for a green card is no where near as prevalent as it was in the past. |
I can't say what the situation was like during the 97 imf crisis, but my conclusion is that Koreans are very "fair-weather".
They thump their chests during prosperity, and flee during uncertainty. They trump up children's education when the money's flowing, but ditch them when it stops. They honor their elders...except when they drive them to a mountain and leave them (worst story I'd ever heard). |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| BreakfastInBed wrote: |
| victorology wrote: |
| You will find many Koreans who want to live abroad. I've found most want to stay here. I think Koreans marrying for a green card is no where near as prevalent as it was in the past. |
Agreed, though I can only speak about the US. When I first met my wife I was worried I might be just a stepping stone for her, boy was I wrong. These aren't a people living in crushing poverty, dazzled by the bright lights and skyscapers of New York projected from a Hollywood film anymore. Materially there's little to be had abroad that can't be had here, and lots of the stuff we miss Koreans don't seem to want. Plus many are terrified by the spectre of violence that looms over America. |
Yeah...now. Let this depression go for a few years. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Of course, havent we seen the articles on rich Koreans buying their kids an adoption to become Americans for English at DoD schools? |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I think most Korean girls picture themselves living like Carrie in Sex in the City. Its no wonder most of them are disappointed and unhappy when they finally do come to the US/Canada and realize people don't drink Cosmo's and wear $1000 outfits. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| I think most Korean girls picture themselves living like Carrie in Sex in the City. Its no wonder most of them are disappointed and unhappy when they finally do come to the US/Canada and realize people don't drink Cosmo's and wear $1000 outfits. |
it would have been better for them to watch Little House on the Prairie than SATC. Hardly anyone coming back with a wife from Korea is going to be living right in Manhattan or even the urban centre of a city. |
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