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wjf1 · Joined: 14 Apr 2010

I have been offered a position in Songpa-gu. What are your experiences of this area? Is it a nice place to live and work? Thanks.

gava01 · Joined: 06 Oct 2009

I used to live in Jamsil, Songpa Gu. I would move to Songpa in a heartbeat.

jiberish · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: The Carribean Bay Wrestler

Most of song pa is a great area. Especially closer to the river. I like it because there are actually wide sidewalks, cleaner air, the river/the lake at lotteworld/olympic park are all short walks away and on average it is cleaner.

Which is why I live there Smile

nok · Joined: 04 Jul 2009

Songpa's good. I live there now. There are some areas of it that are a little run-down, but only a little. The rest is really clean and a lot of it was built very recently.

chotaerang · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Location: In the gym

It is good, particularly if you play some sports. Olympic park and the Han river are close and there are a ton of bike shops in the neighborhood.

Alphabet_Stew · Joined: 13 Jun 2010 Location: Earth

Its the BEST district in Seoul.

Songpa-gu has the Olympic Park, Seokcheon lakes, Lotte World, heaps of Bicycle paths along the river, clean air, etc etc and NO traffic jams.

R. S. Refugee · Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Location: Shangra La, ROK

byrddogs · Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Shanghai

definitely maybe · Joined: 16 Feb 2008

byrddogs · Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Shanghai

brier · Joined: 14 Dec 2009

I lived there in '96 and '97. I used to walk from o-gum to the Hotel Lotte to pick up the IHT. Even back then I wondered what the fuss was about calling Korea a s*it hole. Songpa is a nice area, though it is soul-less like much of the area south of the Han River. But don't let that stop you!

Jeweltone · Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Location: Seoul, S. Korea

Chen-ho (in Songpa-gu) also has a bit of character. It offers a nice blend of chic and shady, depending on which area you visit. There are some cute stores and an extensive Emart. i like the streetlife there.

eIn07912 · Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Location: seoul

I've lived in Korea for over 3 years. Songpa is the nicest place of all. It's the nicest place to live in all of Seoul, I believe. Not much of a night life, but it's mostly clean, wide streets, plenty of cafes and places to eat. Not too expensive. Nice people. Overall, really nice place.

It was the host part of town during the Olympics, that's why it looks much nicer. Most of the people that came to the Olympics stayed in this part of town, so the government built it up.

Of course, you shouldn't base what job you take on where it's located. But if the job you're looking at matches what you want, Songpa is a really nice place to spend a year or two.