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[Stalin84]

I'm back home right now (rural Canada), so here's the list:

Back home PROS:

More nature
Better air
Better selection of goods and services
People are slightly friendlier and outgoing
Stuff makes sense, kind of

Back home CONS:

Fat people with poor hygiene walking around in hand-me-down clothes (I didn't know "Stone Cold Steve Austin" was still popular yet everyone still wears his shirts)
You hear and understand people's inane BS
White people of all ages dressing like what they think black, inner-city kids dress like
Rednecks sitting around yelling "f*ggot!" and other insults at passerbys in public places because they spent all their welfare money and have nothing better to do
Losers loitering around trying to bum money and cigarettes off everyone who walks by
Fights on about every street in town after 8:00pm
All the quaint/historical buildings are falling apart, all the family owned businesses are shutting down. On the outskirts of town, the new Wal-Mart & Co. are thriving.
Everything is so expensive
No one has any happy stories

I should be back in Korea in a month or so.

[Satchel Paige]

[DeMayonnaise]

[Taya]

My hometown is better in these ways:
cleaner air
better housing
better shopping (better but not cheaper)
better drivers (plus, I had a car)
better communication, and since I understand the culture, I'm not always walking on eggshells.
better TV, movies, books, media in general

Korea is better in these ways:
more things to do
better weather
better public transportation
cheaper food (and delicious too)
better looking men (at least I think so)
heated floors!

I really like Korea, but I feel much more comfortable at home and I'm sure this will be my last year here.

[trogdor]

Home:

better selection of food that isn't just overboiled vegetables in hot pepper sauce
more nondrinking things to do in cities
real parks
banks are open late
vegetable dumplings don't have meat in them. that was an unwelcome surprise here

Here:

i can get a haircut at midnight (but my bank is closed before work ends )
that button they have at restaurants to call the waiter. brilliant!
murses. i don't like them, but they're hilarious and always make me smile. they had them in japan too. ever hear of a briefcase????
i live within walking distance to one of those traditional marketplaces so can get really fresh tofu from an old grannie

[Yaya]

The peace, cleanliness and quiet of home can get old really quick. Most people get married, have children and work until retirement under a pretty routine life.

Korea has plenty of faults but life here, not to mention in Asia, is certainly more interesting.

[redaxe]

[Kimchifart]

[metalhead]

[brickabrack]

[Globutron]

[Steelrails]

Maybe the best term to describe SK parallels that of combat-

Stretches of utter boredom punctuated by moments of sheer lunacy.

Just when you think this place is boring you see something utterly bizarre go down.

Just when you think its exciting you spend a month or three doing absolutely nothing but downloading and walking in the park.

[MalFSU1]

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