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[sadsac]

I've asked before and I'll ask again. Doesn't anybody want to work in a semi rural environment any more. Everyone seems to want to work in the big smoke. Colour, age, sexual proclivity, not issues. Where are you people? Just curious because a friends been and no joy.

[Demophobe]

I'm in the sticks. I couldn't even begin to say where exactly....it's just that rural.

[Alyallen]

Jeonju

600,000 people with country mentalities

It's the best and worse of both worlds!

[Hyeon Een]

Smaller city (Less than 300,000) that is spread over a large area.. so the actual city itself isn't all that big.

I live near the beach though! I can be there in less than 10 minutes.. that rocks. I spent all day at the beach today!

It will probably suck being here in winter though...

I think if I stay in Korea another year I'll give the big smoke a go.

[poet13]

Small city, northwest of Taegu. Maybe 125000 people.

[sadsac]

I'm currently in a city of 140,000, but my friends town place has a population of just over 40,000. Not big by any standards.

[poet13]

To the best of my knowledge, there are only four other foreigners in my city/town.

[VanIslander]

awesome... a thread for those of us in smallville

I was in a community of 50,000 people on the east coast of Geoje Island, off the southeast coast, until this spring. Felt like a city in some ways: compact and densely populated on a coastal bay, nightlife central for the region, tons of foreigners at the international shipyards.

Almost perfect.

Now I'm in a town a quarter that size, and a tenth in terms of services. Most weekends I head elsewhere, but this is really nice for the regular workweek. But I can't imagine spending many weekends here. Fortunately, with the supercheap buses and trains through here, I don't have to.

[pet lover]

My "town" has "ri" at the end of the name. That should let you know how small it is.

[sadsac]

I liked living in the more rural community. The people were far more friendly and appreciative of what you did.

[cypher]

I'd be interested in heading to a smallish town if I come back to Korea, but then I see the job offers in some of these places-1.8, some even have shared housing depending on how "small" it is and the same crap vacation as the big cities. Thanks, if that's all you can offer me, I'll take the city. If they can't offer more money, they need to offer more time off. And at the very least single housing.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[VanIslander]

[cypher]

Yeah, I know it's possible with research and fortitude to find a great rural position. I think I was disgruntled before since I had just been browsing the postings here (even though I am not actively looking right now). I just couldn't understand all these schools, public and hagwon, in "small towns" that were offering the same or worse condition that in Seoul, not counting the cleaner air and greater number of trees (which also brings more spiders, so there's a downside).

Granted, small towns in Korea are not that small after going to high school in a town with 800 people, but they definitely lack some amenities that appeal to me, so I'm just saying, make it up to me.

If I do come back I will probably go semi-rural, but I imagine I'll have to spend more time than in the past in my job search.

[sadsac]

In response to Ya Ta Boy, my friend has been looking for an FT and is offering 2.0, single housing, great living environment, new hogwan, small classes and no joy. Nobody wants to g to the smaller towns and for many of the reasons stated by other posters. Vanislander certainly has a sweet gig, but as he also states he travels out of town on weekends. My hobby is photography, so I actually head off into the boonies on the weekend. If anyone is looking it's a pretty good job and qualified. The family are personal friends. I still do prefer the smaller communities.