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mick
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:10 am Post subject: Gwangju - the wrong one |
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Anyone currently working or has worked in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do province? I've signed a contract for a job in Gwangju, assuming it was the one in Jeollanam-do province but have just noticed it's not! I thought i was going to the 5th largest city in Korea...now i'm worried it's going to be a small place with nothing to do.
Would appreciate any info anyone has on this town.  |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| Be worried, very worried! |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| threads exist the other gwangju here and here |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| My best friend lives there. He does nothing else there. I don't think there is anything to do other than live. There is not even a subway station, yet. It is not too far from Bundang, though. |
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mick
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:31 am Post subject: |
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Sh*t. Dosen't sound too good!
Any idea how far from Seoul it is? I can't find it or Bundang on a map. |
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mick
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:33 am Post subject: |
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Hi kangnamdragon,
Would your best friend strongly recommend not living there then? |
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animalbirdfish
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| I've spent a fair deal of time up there and I'd live there. Check out those other threads, but depending on your personality, I think you'd come to enjoy the relative peace and serenity Gwangju offers. Plus, it's pretty convenient to Seoul and Bundang. |
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mick
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:38 am Post subject: |
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Hi Animalbirdfish,
Does it have any bars/restaurants for the weekends? Did you notice many other foreigners there? It's just that i don't want to have to rely on going to Seoul each time i want to socialise.
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:18 am Post subject: |
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Hi kangnamdragon,
Would your best friend strongly recommend not living there then? |
My best friend is Korean. He lives there with his wife and grandmother and drives to Seoul every day for work. I could not compare his experience to yours. It takes him 30 minutes to drive to his office in Seoul.
I would see no problem living there because I think it is good for someone to not be around a lot of foreigners during his or her first year. But that depends upon what type of person you are. That opinion is relative to my situation at the time I came here way back then. Times have changed. Basically, it is a new area. It would have advantages and disadvantages.
You seem to imply that you would only socialize with white people. Why not meet the Koreans in that area?
I do know there is a bus from there directly to Kangnam. |
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mick
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| It's not that i only want to socialise with foreigners but it would be nice to have the option of being able to chill at the weekend with a beer and be able to speak english. |
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