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KoreanLifer
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject: hordes of KOreans in Vancouver, BC area |
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quite a few Korean famililies immigrating to Canada eh! the burbs of Coquitlam and Port Moody are full of KOreans.Austin and North Rd area is nothing but a KOreaTown.u can get bibimbap and korean style chicken with beer.much like the Smoper chicken stuff i liked there.
met a KOrean guy in his early 50's who moved to Canada so his sons could attend uni over here. the guy doesnt work and spends his free time golfing and hiking.easy life!!
these Korean folks coming over obviously have $, but not as much as the HOng Kong Chinese.
Canada does a wonderful job attracting Asian immigrants with $ and the rest of us slave away here daily struggling to survive! |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| what you mean to where we live a good life here and lots of people live like crap? |
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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| bundangbum wrote: |
| what you mean to where we live a good life here and lots of people live like crap? |
Huh? What?
Anyway, yes lots of Koreans in Coquitlam. There's been a Koreatown there for many years now. Now that I've spent a few years in Korea, I'm interested to visit those areas again and see what kind of vibe I get. It'll certainly be a totally different feeling for me than when I left Vancity in 2001. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| In my cruisings around Van, I notice plenty of people speaking Korean and a lot of Korean supermarkets and the like. Haven't actually met any of them though...I think they tend to stay to themselves pretty much. Chinese, Japanese, etc are a lot easier to meet here. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: hordes of KOreans in Vancouver, BC area |
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| KoreanLifer wrote: |
| Canada does a wonderful job attracting Asian immigrants with $ and the rest of us slave away here daily struggling to survive! |
I'm not sure what your point is. First, where is the "here"? From your name "Koreanlifer", it would imply your home is Korea. Hence, "here" might be read as "Korea". So some people slave away in Korea to survive and people with education, money, and business acumen can move some place nice like BC? Or by "here" do you mean BC? So some people slave away in Canada to survive and people with education, money, and business acumen can move some place nice like BC?
If the first here is "Korea", well, I guess there is a tiny bit of shame in taking from the Korean state in terms of a public education and various other services that made this immigrant the man he is today and then he ups 'n' transfers all his wealth to another nation. It's a bit like Jim Unger, the Canadian author of Herman, who up 'n' moved to the Bahamas to escape Canadian taxes. Bâtard! Bout de crisse!
If the here is "BC", I'm not sure I see the problem. People with substantial savings bring their cash in, they buy homes, they golf, their money gets transferred to the Canadians slaving away... Should Canada not accept wealthy immigrants? Should Canada strip them of their wealth and hand it to people with high school educations working at Tim Hortons? I remember back during the 1991 recession, when the rest of Canada was in the dumps, Vancouver was smoking hot absorbing the massive influx of well heeled Hong Kongers.
Clue us in. |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: hordes of KOreans in Vancouver, BC area |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| KoreanLifer wrote: |
| Canada does a wonderful job attracting Asian immigrants with $ and the rest of us slave away here daily struggling to survive! |
I'm not sure what your point is. First, where is the "here"? From your name "Koreanlifer", it would imply your home is Korea. Hence, "here" might be read as "Korea". So some people slave away in Korea to survive and people with education, money, and business acumen can move some place nice like BC? Or by "here" do you mean BC? So some people slave away in Canada to survive and people with education, money, and business acumen can move some place nice like BC?
If the first here is "Korea", well, I guess there is a tiny bit of shame in taking from the Korean state in terms of a public education and various other services that made this immigrant the man he is today and then he ups 'n' transfers all his wealth to another nation. It's a bit like Jim Unger, the Canadian author of Herman, who up 'n' moved to the Bahamas to escape Canadian taxes. Bâtard! Bout de crisse!
If the here is "BC", I'm not sure I see the problem. People with substantial savings bring their cash in, they buy homes, they golf, their money gets transferred to the Canadians slaving away... Should Canada not accept wealthy immigrants? Should Canada strip them of their wealth and hand it to people with high school educations working at Tim Hortons? I remember back during the 1991 recession, when the rest of Canada was in the dumps, Vancouver was smoking hot absorbing the massive influx of well heeled Hong Kongers.
Clue us in. |
Like i tried to explain before us eslers come here and live a good life while most korean people slave away |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not too sure about the op's original intention. I went to SFU and there has always been a Korean town in that area of Coquitlam (well..for 5 years anyways).
Yep, lots of Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, East Indians, etc.
Canada isn't a "white man's country," for the most part it's all stolen land. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I_Am_Wrong wrote: |
Canada isn't a "white man's country," for the most part it's all stolen land. |
Friend of rapier are you?
Re:OP. Hordes of Koreans in Vancouver. Wow. Didn't know that. Now if you told me they eat kimchi, I'll really be shocked. |
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numazawa
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: The Concrete Barnyard
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:53 am Post subject: |
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I used to advocate returning Canada to the beaver, but people accused me of being an irredentist.  |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:55 am Post subject: |
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| why dont we just wipe out all the native people and then there would be no problem. |
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numazawa
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: The Concrete Barnyard
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| As I understand it, the official policy is to let them erase themselves, while smothering their leaders with bags of money. But that could be just a rumour. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:07 am Post subject: yes |
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| It's not stolen land, it's land our European ancestors traded for booze. |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| nah..actually I can't stand Rapier, I think we're on opposite spectrums when it comes to a lot of things. Canada is generally very good when it comes to immigration but a lot of people are anti-immigrate because they say it's bad for the economy and so forth. It's fun to argue with people who themselves (and myself) are ancestors of immigrants to Canada. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| There are lots of Koreans, Korean markets, and Korean restaurants here in Colorado Springs. It's fun because they always smile when I speak my pidgin Korean tell them we've just returned from living in Korea for the last 4 years. |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Vancouver
Van-kong
Hong-couver
Seoul-couver ??? |
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