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starshine · Joined: 01 Dec 2005

Does anyone have an opinion about the Junggye-dong Seoul area? I greatly appreciate any information you can give me.

Roch · Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

It is leafy and the air is much cleaner than the central area of Seoul. It is also only forty or forty five minutes via subway from Yongsan-gu.

soviet_man · Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul

I agree. Jungye *ok* but not great. Expect the same boring filing-cabinet style apartments as everywhere else.

I always get a laugh at the newly-moneyed yuppie scum (including waygooks) who feel compelled to spend their entire paychecks just so they can live in a one-room cubicle in Gangnam/Apgujeong.

The fact remains, the northern suburbs - boring as they sometimes are, rate better in terms of lifestyle than most other places in Korea.

I would never go back to living south of the river.

Thunndarr · Joined: 30 Sep 2003

Jungye is good. I know a lot of people who've moved to other parts of the city and regretted it.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

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HapKi · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL

Junggye's got the SuRak Mountain range as a backdrop, which is pretty cool. Also, Nowon Station area is 5 minutes away by taxi or plentiful buses (Junggye and Nowon subway stations are about a 15 minute walk from each other.) Nowon, by the way, has got most of it all, including Outback, TGIF, decent bars, Lotte Dept. Store.
Over-all, noticably outside of downtown, yet close enough to get to in less than an hour.

JonLi · Joined: 20 May 2007

Hi

Can anyone tell me if Junggye has many (or any) bars for drinks and food and what time they close? I have been refered to a job there so am trying to find out about the area so any help would be great. The working day would finish at 10.00pm - can i still get something to eat and drink? What else is there to do there? Lonely planet doesn't seem to mention the area.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Jungye is a short bus ride or subway ride from Nowon and that's got a fair stash of restaurants and night life. Nothing is really that impressive about the area. It's rather boring.

JonLi · Joined: 20 May 2007

Thanks for the post, I'm coming over with my wife and were both 27 in September. Does anyone know if there is a community of 'westerners' there about that age?