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Is Suncheon worth living in?
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LindsayV



Joined: 01 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:55 pm    Post subject: Is Suncheon worth living in? Reply with quote

My first choice is GangNueng. I have an offer for Suncheon. Is it a cool place?
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wesharris



Joined: 10 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suncheon Seoul, or Suncheon near Yeosu ?
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LindsayV



Joined: 01 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suncheon, near Yeosu
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wesharris



Joined: 10 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm here now.
It's good enough.
Town smells clean, not nearly as much dust as chungbuk province.
But I've been here only 1.5 weeks.
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hagwonnewbie



Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

they have an outback steakhouse and a homeplus.
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Korussian



Joined: 15 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hagwonnewbie wrote:
they have an outback steakhouse and a homeplus.


And three indoor skating rinks!
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hagwonnewbie



Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wesharris wrote:
I'm here now.
It's good enough.
Town smells clean, not nearly as much dust as chungbuk province.
But I've been here only 1.5 weeks.


enjoy the honeymoon while it lasts
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wesharris



Joined: 10 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been in Korea for a year now. I'm aware of most of the pitfalls mate.
It's not a problem, if you expect it .
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eoghan86



Joined: 01 Sep 2010

PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any other thoughts Suncheon? experiences since this thread was postes? Im doing an interview soon for there. Don't know if I really want to go there thought.
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mr. simmons



Joined: 31 Aug 2010

PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's actually pretty nice.

Decent sized foreign community.

A couple of expat bars.

Good restaurants.
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Louis VI



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom

PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suncheon has some good expat bars because it's the apex of the triangle with Yeosu and Gwangyang on the coast, the foreign teachers from each city converging on Suncheon, which has a nice walking street downtown nightlife area. It is also close to Jiri National Park. I quite liked Suncheon and visited it from time to time when I was in the Jinju area, an hour away. There are also express buses to the big city of Gwangju for weekend jaunts and you're two hours, ten minutes from Busan by bus as well for once in a blue moon getaways.
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wesharris



Joined: 10 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1 Foreigner Mostly bar.
1 Foreigner Friendly bar.
1 very nice wetlands area.
A few nice mountains.
Two homeplusses.
One Emart.
One Kims Club .
Two Movie Theatre's.
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RMNC



Joined: 21 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wesharris wrote:

One Kims Club .
Two Movie Theatre's.


Shocked
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Chambertin



Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: Gunsan

PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can I ask why GangNueng?

The city on the east coast way up north?
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SpaceGhoster



Joined: 20 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been here two years. There's good social net between Sucheon, Gwang yang, and Yeosu. If you need to get away to a big city, Gwang Ju is an hour by bus (6400 won). Cost of living is really low compared to bigger places once you get settled in and learn where to get stuff.
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