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expat2001
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| I noticed Korea also isn't listed in the world's healthiest countries list either. Hmmm..I wonder why? |
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man_of_words
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject: maybe... |
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| might be the high rate of stomach cancer and lots of smokers? not sure. |
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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: South of the river
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| Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| korea is an unfriendly place until you learn the language..then it really opens up. |
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rkc76sf
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| Css wrote: |
| korea is an unfriendly place until you learn the language..then it really opens up. |
 Opens up to how unfriendly it really is! |
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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: South of the river
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| rkc76sf wrote: |
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| korea is an unfriendly place until you learn the language..then it really opens up. |
Opens up to how unfriendly it really is! |
Not really, no. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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Sadebugo1
Joined: 11 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:28 am Post subject: |
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It would never have made the top 10 whether it got enough responses or not. It probably didn't get enough because there aren't many 'true' tourists (from the West) in Korea. Most people who go there are military or teachers on work visas.
Sadebugo
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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There are practically no "true tourists" in Korea...only relations visiting their loved ones. They wouldn't come here if their sons/daughters weren't working here.
If you go to famous tourist sites in Paris you'll hear every language and see every skin color you can imagine. That's because the city is full of tourists.
If you stand around famous tourist sites in Seoul, you'll only see a bunch of hangooks. And the odd pasty-faced english teacher too...that's it. There's a reason why tourists overlook Korea. There are better tourist destinations out there...like Japan. Nobody wants to come here and be stared and pointed at like they're a f***ing animal in a zoo. |
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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| Nobody wants to come here and be stared and pointed at like they're a f***ing animal in a zoo. |
Funny, I hear travelers say that about many countries.
Talk about a biased Survey( I don't recall people gushing about European niceness versus other continents)...not to mention it depends on the RACE of the individual....some places are super friendly to white people, but spit on Indians and south east asians. I've heard some real horror stories about the UAE which makes the list, ironically.
EDIT: this survey is pretty silly.....and it really based on Expat integration for Americans, not friendliness...  |
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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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| I actaully think london is a very friendly place to foreigners, friendlier than any other euopean capital i've been too, although i've only been to dortmund in germany which is an industrial city. but i've travelled most of eastern and western europe and i think london is the friendliest place. |
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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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| i also think on the whole koreans do try to make foreigners welcome. they usually go the extra mile for foreigners where they wouldn't for a korean, but then on the other hand they sometimes feel intimidated and end up ignoring foreingers because they don't know how to communicate but the latter happens far less. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:10 am Post subject: |
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| Capo wrote: |
| i also think on the whole koreans do try to make foreigners welcome. they usually go the extra mile for foreigners where they wouldn't for a korean, but then on the other hand they sometimes feel intimidated and end up ignoring foreingers because they don't know how to communicate but the latter happens far less. |
Anywhere I go to eat, if I go there more than a couple times and eat the same thing, the manager's will memorize my order. Some restaurants have even gone so far as to memorize which side dishes I order and how much of each one, for example they know I love sesame leaf and don't really care for the other lettuce so they skip that and bring me a massive stack of the sesame leaf when I show up. I might get that at a mom & pops in north america if I spend a lot of time chatting up the waitress. not all of them have been perfect, and I've run across the odd one or two rude, but they don't get any repeat business and I tend to only meet them when I'm eating with Korean friends. So I think some service staff definitely gives different treatment. |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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bobbybigfoot
Joined: 05 May 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| It does seem to be an incomplete survey. Disregard and move on. (coming from a Canadian to boot) |
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