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[mararowan]

are under an hour to get to seoul, itaewon?

[DeMayonnaise]

Bucheon is about as good as it gets in Gyeonggi-do. Anyang/Beomgye is nice too but maybe a little further than Bucheon. Gwangmyeong is sandwiched in between the two. It's probably about an hour door to door from each of those places to Itaewon. But if you have an offer for Bucheon, I would take it. It's it's own city, for sure, but not difficult to get to Seoul at all.

[mavsfan5]

there's a great website that a couple keeps and i'm pretty sure they are from bucheon (though not 100% sure)...

www.eatyourkimchi.com

maybe it'll help you out!!

[fugitive chicken]

[Troglodyte]

Bucheon is the nicest city in Korea that I've lived in. In fact, I'd take it over Seoul any day. It's close enough to have the benefits of Seoul, but it's not crowded. It has green areas. Bike paths, shopping, cinemas, restaurants, etc.

[northway]

[simonandmartina]

Thanks for mentioning us mavsfan5! Yes, we are in Bucheon, and it's totally awesome. We, too, would pick Bucheon over Seoul. That might be because we're a family (husband,wife,dog) and we live right beside the park, and it's great for us to walk our dog around there.

I've always thought that Bucheon has a great foreigner community as well. People seem to get along together very well here. I happen to really like the coffee shops around here as well. They just have such a great vibe. Hongdae's also like 15 minutes away by bus (if there's no traffic).

Anyhow, if you have any questions about it, send us an email. We've been here for two and a half years so far, and it just keeps on developing and getting better.

Yeah!

[sonicmatt]

lived here for about 2 yrs and like living here. i can get to almost anywhere by walking. good nightlife around hyundai dept store and bucheon station. decent foreigner crowd if thats what your into. bus terminal is here to get to elsewhere in korea and we are really close to hongdae,sinchon,bupyeong, and etc. a couple good parks too.