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[hagwonnewbie]

I moved to Gyeonggi-do over a year ago and I have been really hating it lately.

For me, it's the commute to Seoul and the lack of western food. I just hate having to take a bus, take a subway, transfer, take another bus, etc. whenever I want some good foreign food.

And I swear the commute has gotten noticeably longer in the last year. So many people are moving to South Gyeonggi-do to places like Suwon. I'm not that far south, so I don't have as much to complain about as others, but I really miss living in Seoul.

Has anyone on here lived in Seoul and then lived in Gyeonggi-do for more than a couple years?

Am I incorrect about the commute taking longer and longer each year?

How do people do it?

I liked living in a small city on the coast way better than here. This place is the pits.

[janafromfrance]

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[8 years down]

[hagwonnewbie]

i like Bundang, but it's even farther out there

i have considered it though

[definitely maybe]

[Triban]

I'm Namyang...and it's the pits after a weekend bender hopping the subway then train then bus at 7 in the morning, all the while fighting to stay awake so you don't miss your stop. Next year is going to be a definite change.

[ueo119]

[hagwonnewbie]

The blue 502 goes all the way to City Hall/Gwanghwamun from Uiwang, but there's no direct bus to Itaewon or Hongdae.

[xCustomx]

[reactionary]

[Emark]

I used to live in NamYangJu. That part of Gyeonggi is desolate and very old style. I drove a car then and would not have survived with out it! There are more Bo-Shin-Tong restaurants out that way than anywhere else in Gyeonggi-do. It is amazing! Poster boards, street signs, even neon in the window of these restaurants all advertising dog soup and other dog meals!
You may find that restaurant a nice change to the regular Korean ones and who knows? You might just not want to eat western food ever again!

[Cartman]

Ya, in Gyeonggi-do I hate the lack of food choices and the fact that almost no Koreans speak English... try going to a post office.. it's like anal rape. They gave me a box too big for my stuff, even though I POINTED to a smaller one that another Korean was given... but they insisted with smiles that I use that box and wouldn't listen... then they pushed the 'fastest' shipping method on me, when all I needed was a slow/cheaper one... so I just bent over and took it b/c I didn't want to bother going somewhere else...

As for the commute, my first month here I was willing to take the subway anywhere... now I realize how far and long it is... so I'm less willing...

[8 years down]

Hmm.. Gyeonggi is just the name of the province that Seoul sits in the middle of..

How is there less English speaking? Maybe if you live in some country town in the middle of nowhere. But most people living in Gyeonggi are a 10 minute Subway ride to Seoul away.

Bundang (Seongnam City) is probably one of the nicest places for a foreigner to live in Korea. Wide streets, clean air, foreigners everywhere, western food, modern looking buildings.

http://saysome911.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/bundang01.jpg

Jeongja Dong in Bundang is sexy. Expensive as hell, but my first choice if I could choose anywhere in Korea to live.

http://wiki.galbijim.com/Image:Bundang_01.jpg

But it's probably an hour from HongDae's night clubs so it must suck..

[reactionary]

just looks like more officetels rather than apah-tuhs. and korean cities generally (like a lot of ugly cities in the world) look more charming in night photos. i'm not really impressed.

[8 years down]