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Yaya

Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:42 pm Post subject:

nukeday wrote:

The subway is nice, but the lack of any express trains, in my view, makes it vastly inferior to New York's dirty, expensive system.

And a subway system is not a tourist attraction, so, good luck with that.

Uh, they have express trains on the No. 1 and 9 lines.

Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida

Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:43 pm Post subject:

DaHu wrote:

Just compare Seoul to the rest of Korea.

Seoul's the best!

Busan is marvelous while Daegu is dire. That said I prefer Daegu to Seoul.

Steelrails

Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject:

orosee wrote:

Steelrails wrote:

They should remove the smoking bans and promote it as one of the few places left in the free world where you can drink and smoke wherever you want. That and not have to worry about strolling through the wrong neighborhood. That and you can drive in a libertarian manner. If you like baseball you can bring in your own food and booze.

That and you don't have to worry about being PC because no one can understand what you're saying.

Come to Seoul and enjoy the freedom.

This!

To add on- things like come to Seoul and drive however you want wherever you want and stay up as late as you want and get as drunk as you want (just make sure you fall asleep under a public fountain rather than act a fool)

Wear whatever you want. You're a foreigner and outside the scope of things. Promote whatever far-left or right view you hold. It might be mainstream here. Want to sell stuff? Come here and set up a cart on the sidewalk. No need for those stupid health permits.

All Seoul would need would be a foreigner-only drug/prostitution zone to make it a true place of hedonistic freedom/non-government intervention, minus the extremes of such systems in places like Somalia.

Seriously, I could walk down the streets in Nazi regalia with a Soviet Flag for a cape, smoking a cigarette and drinking soju, while shouting at the top of my lungs my support for the Taliban, spank my kid while he's holding his 5 airsoft guns and setting off roman candles, then get in my truck, not buckle up, drive on the sidewalk and through a red light while blasting David Allen Coe/sermons by Ayman Al-Zawahiri, all the while selling either illegal movies or philosophical tracts or non-refrigerated seafood out of my truck.

There's actually a sick and twisted appeal to being able to do that stuff.

It also makes you wonder...People back home would get so upset with every aspect of the behavior I mentioned, but no one here would care and guess what? Life goes on.

That's what's really struck me about Korea. That IS a big draw for it. An escape from all the noise and whining back home.

orosee

Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject:

cj1976 wrote:

This is a tough on e. Seoul is a good place to live for a young expat looking to party.

THIS!

If you LIVE in Seoul (or Korea), EVERYWHERE else becomes a great holiday destination.

jvalmer

Joined: 06 Jun 2003

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:48 pm Post subject:

Korea is a pretty big tourist destination for Asians. Every single affluent SE Asian I've met said they want to visit Korea and Japan. I say Tourism Korea should dedicated minimum effort trying to court westerners and go all out with the Asian market. I think deep down inside Asians just want a sneak peak of what their countries might be like in a couple of generations if things go well.

tiger fancini

Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:18 pm Post subject:

jvalmer wrote:

Korea is a pretty big tourist destination for Asians. Every single affluent SE Asian I've met said they want to visit Korea and Japan.

I'll echo this. Walking through Itaewon today I heard Chinese, Thai, and a number of other Asian languages I didn't understand.

Tamada

Joined: 02 Nov 2008

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:09 am Post subject:

GoldMember wrote:

Time to make my travel plans. Now where should I go?

Egypt, see the pyramids and temples
Cambodia, see Ankor wat
Thailand, gorgeous beaches, and great food
England, castles, and countryside

I know, I'll go the Seoul to visit the subway system. The relatives back home will be thrilled to see all my photos of subway stations and subway cars. The higlight will be getting line 1 from Seoul station to Incheon, standing for a whole hour whilst getting pushed and shoved.
Beats a massage on the beach anyday!

LOL. A classic post and absolutely spot on!

rainism

Joined: 13 Apr 2011

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:34 am Post subject:

tiger fancini wrote:

jvalmer wrote:

Korea is a pretty big tourist destination for Asians. Every single affluent SE Asian I've met said they want to visit Korea and Japan.

I'll echo this. Walking through Itaewon today I heard Chinese, Thai, and a number of other Asian languages I didn't understand.

simple answer to this:

look at the exchange rate of the KRW crap won vs all other Asian currencies (and generally all currencies period) since 2007.

they come here to shop. Nothing else. Oh.. they also get much cheaper flights to Korea than Koreans (or us) get out of Korea.

it's called getting bang for their shopping buck.

brier

Joined: 14 Dec 2009

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:03 am Post subject:

The demographics.

Quack Addict

Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:12 am Post subject:

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Seriously, I could walk down the streets in Nazi regalia with a Soviet Flag for a cape, smoking a cigarette and drinking soju, while shouting at the top of my lungs my support for the Taliban, spank my kid while he's holding his 5 airsoft guns and setting off roman candles, then get in my truck, not buckle up, drive on the sidewalk and through a red light while blasting David Allen Coe/sermons by Ayman Al-Zawahiri, all the while selling either illegal movies or philosophical tracts or non-refrigerated seafood out of my truck.

I now understand why Asians are so hated in America. They drive like they do in Seoul in SF and Portland and wonder why people are screaming at them. They let their kids take leaks on the sidewalk and hawk loogies INSIDE buildings.

It works in Korea but outside this little outpost of weirdness...it doesn't fly!