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[plato's republic]

Anyone live there? Anyone ever lived there? What is the area like? It seems a little out there on its own at the end of the purple line(line 5). How far is it from Gangnam/Itaewon area? Thanks.

[peppermint]

it's fairly close to Jamshil/ Gangnam, and about 35, maybe 40 minutes on the subway to Itaewon

[plato's republic]

Wow! Didn't realise it was that far from the Itaewon/Hongdae area. Is there any kind of social scene or nightlife in that area? I heard it was a quiet place to live.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

I'd say it's more like an hour from Itaewon, over an hour from Hongdae. I used to work there. It's not bad, but yeah, a bit far from the bars. If I lived there, I'd probably go to Jamsil, Sinchon (not Sincheon) and COEX more than Itaewon.

[Newbie]

I lived there for two years...

45 minutes to Itaewon. 35 to Gangnam.

It has a few decent little bars and some clubs (in Cheonho), but about 95% of the clubs don't allow foreigners.

Nice looking women.

There is a "secret" US army base about 30 minutes east of there so lots of young brats out on the weekend. No doubt why they clubs are against foreigners.

Cleaner than the rest of Seoul, but still stinks.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

[Newbie]

Not sure...

A couple of GI's I met in my first year told me about it, and then every other kid I met was surprised that I knew about the "secret" base.

[jajdude]

There are at least 20 hagwons around that station; a few foreigners here and there. There's an E-Mart and a shopping center, restaurants, and bus stop for Chamsil, maybe Kangnam, if you want to avoid subway/transfer sometimes. It's not a bad area, mostly residential, lots of apartments.

[ttompatz]

[plato's republic]

Sounds a bit far from the 'action' so to speak.

[Gwangjuboy]

[Gwangjuboy]