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[watergirl]

hi everyone
I'm working in Ansan and thinking of moving to seoul but I've heard that it's harder to meet other foreigners in seoul. Ansan's got a pretty tight knit crowd so i'm just wondering what the seoulites think. What area do you like living in?
I've heard good things about Ilsan and Bundang too.

[balzor]

[Stalin84]

Do you know those two buildings in Ansan with an absurd amount of neon billboards on them?

Imagine a whole city full of buildings like that. Seoul.

[joltaxt]

It's really not that complicated.

If you prefer the city more Seoul is for you.

I'm a city guy, and I love it here. I've lived in NYC and Tokyo as well.

Seoul is a great city if you're a city person.

[Gibberish]

Well, like 20 million people live there so I guess they must be on to something

[Rory_Calhoun27]

If Seoul is NYC, then Ansan is New Jersey.... but I liked it physically for sure. Seoul was just too much like drowning in the city, but maybe just because of the job.

[redaxe]

[conbon78]

Actually - you hit the nail on the head for me...I've found it near impossible to meet foreigners (at least decent ones) in Seoul. Overall, I don't mind living here, its more convenient than Daejeon (where I used to live); however, I haven't made the friends I made in Daejeon. I'm hoping to leave and go to Busan.

[nomad-ish]

[placeshifter]

I love the food, the culture, the proximity to the rest of Asia, the dynamic growth potential of greater East Asia/South Korea, the language, the films, the mom & pop restaurants/food stands, the fashion, and the 'daejop' service culture of S. Korea.