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| What type of area do you come from? |
| A major city in my country (NY, Toronto, London, etc.) |
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10% |
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| A suburb of a major city in my country |
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30% |
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| A smaller city in my country |
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20% |
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| A suburb of a smaller city in my country |
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2% |
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| A small town (more isolated than suburb) |
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15% |
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| A rural community |
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20% |
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patapata
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: SK
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 Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:15 pm Post subject: Where are you from (urban/rural/suburban)? |
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| What type of area are you from/have you spent most of your life in? Has it helped you in Korea? Made it more difficult for you to adjust? |
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Tundra_Creature
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada
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Born and raised in an isolated rural area, then moved about six years ago to the city for College/ University.
I guess I would say it helped me when I studied in Korea for a bit because of being able to adjust to various lifestyles. And I guess the exposure to diffierent cultures also prepared me for any culture shock that I experienced. |
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Quack Addict
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
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A burb of Portland, OR called Beaverton. It was only about 20,000 when I was a kid there 20 years ago. Now its 80,000 and urban sprawl has taken over.
Living in Seoul has shown me that I don't want to live in a big city. I would like to raise my daughter in a rural area when I go back to Oregon. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000-3000 people. |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| Raised in a rural area. Our road connected the hwy to another road and we had about 20 ppl live there. 3 miles to a town of about 2000. 15 miles to Wal-mart. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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I moved around lots as a kid, mostly between small towns and mid sized cities, but I lived in a city of about 6 million for a bit as well. Being the new kid in a small town with an accent from another part of the country was great training for being a blonde girl in Asia. Newbies often complain about the stares in Korea, but I barely even noticed them!
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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I grew up in the wonderful city of Spokane, a city of around 200k and known for such attractions as a garbage eating metal goat.
My city didn't really help me adjust as much as my university did. Living with maladjusted people and partaking in seminars with people who would bring up things like the force when discussing ecology went a long way in helping me adjust to the oddities of Korea. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I see about a third of us are from a small town or rural area. That clicks with those I've met over the years here. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Rural, but forest rural, not prairie rural. |
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princespony
Joined: 08 Aug 2010
Location: Cheon An
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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I am from Chicago aka the "Windy City".
Born and raised. North side. Blackhawks RULE!!
Go Sox. Da Bears season is beginning.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA-Lived in Hyde Park.
SCRUBS-Better luck next season.
CPD-hate
CPS-needs much improvement
CPL-love
CTA-Gotta get around somehow
LSD-love that lakefront view |
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