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emiliabedilia
Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Location: Phila
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:28 am Post subject: How many expats? |
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I think I'm settling on Busan, Korea and may be leaving very soon. I hear theres a good sized community of expats there... How many westerners/English teachers would you say actually live there? Are we talking tens or hundreds? |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:55 am Post subject: Re: How many expats? |
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emiliabedilia wrote: |
(sorry, no punchline )
I think I'm settling on Busan, Korea and may be leaving very soon. I hear theres a good sized community of expats there... How many westerners/English teachers would you say actually live there? Are we talking tens or hundreds? |
At least upper hundreds. I heard the number 700 for Daegu, which is slightly smaller. Check out http://www.pusanweb.com/. |
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Grotto

Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Hundreds in Busan for sure.....probably even thousands. Not only is there a Huge ESL community but there are also many Russians and other foreigners as well. |
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SOOHWA101
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Location: Makin moves...trying to find 24pyung
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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Grotto wrote: |
Hundreds in Busan for sure.....probably even thousands. Not only is there a Huge ESL community but there are also many Russians and other foreigners as well. |
OK, What's the deal with the Russians. Are they there speaking Russian and no English. Silly question maybe. Everytime I see that Russians get brought up, there is a calm aura of understanding that resonates the conversation. Is there some hidden agenda or what? I think that I have heard them mostly referred to as prostitutes on here. What gives? |
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bhog
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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It seems I read somewhere around 75,000 "Westerners" in SK. Does this sound right? Also, does anyone have an idea about this in # Seoul specifically. I'm also considering Busan and Seoul so I'm curious as well. |
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zappadelta

Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Why does it matter? 10,000, 50,000, 1 billion, who cares? |
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