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skibum80 · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Location: Austin

Below is a description I got while researching where to live in Korea. Let me know what you think, whether you agree.
Thanks

"Coastal City dubbed by its city council as "The city of beautiful people" - Known for Suncheon Bay and the many tourist attractions and temples - Home to Naganeupseong Folk Village"

Kimchi Cha Cha · Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane

Suncheon's quite a nice place. It's got around 250,000 people, fairly relaxed pace of life, good Korean food, not too many Western franchises but Gwangju's only just on an hour up the road, plenty of Western-style coffee shops mushrooming over the place, couple of big supermarkets.

There's about 200 English teachers in town, most live in Shidae apartments and many go to the two expat bars in town so finding fellow Westerners is no hassle. The locals are generally quite nice though a tad rustic.

I've been here for more than two and a half years and quite like it. There's still plenty of remants of 'old' Korea though unfortunately in 10 years that'll probably disappear.

It's a medium-sized city with plenty of mountains and hiking tracks around. It's surrounded by farmland, mountains and the coast. So, if you're a fairly independent, outdoors-type who would like to get a taste of regional Korea with some Western comforts, it's a good place. Otherwise, it could get a bit boring if you're more a big city person.

There's more info on these links:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=106106

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=73327

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=74862

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=79982

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=64912

normalcyispasse · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject:

Suncheon is the city to the north of my town (Yeosu). Suncheon has a lot more foreigners -- 200 or 300! Tons! It also has a lot of amenities in comparison to most other smaller southern cities.

However, Suncheon isn't as pretty as a true coastal city. Suncheon does have a bay, but it's not as nice as islands and ocean. Also, Suncheon is fairly dirty.

Nagan village is north of Suncheon and is worth a visit *once.* There's some great riding around Suncheon (Sangsa dam) if you're into motorcycles. Plenty of hiking, too, like most of Korea.

skibum80 · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Location: Austin

Thanks for the replies. Any info. helps.

normalcyispasse · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: thanks

saw6436 · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon, ROK

I lived in Suncheon for six years. Now I live in Daejeon. I very much enjoy coming back to Suncheon for short visits. Gotta love the food in the area. IMHO Suncheon/Gyang-yang/Beol-Gyo area has the best Korean food in all of Korea.

People in Suncheon are a bit rustic but quite friendly and I had tons of Korean friends. Most westerners do live in Shidae Apts (as do alot of Korean gangsters, pimps, coffe girls, prostitutes). But the Apts are pretty good if small.

If you are ok with a bit of a rural setting I heartily recommend Suncheon.