Korean Job Discussion Forums

[xingyiman]

It's somewhere NE of Seoul. I can't find much out about it online. If anyone has lived ther before please tell me what your opinion of it is.

[RACETRAITOR]

It's directly south of Seoul, the furthest stop south on line 1. Basically it's on the northern edge of nowhere.

[Becka]

To the OP: Nope, it's actually SW of Seoul. About 150 km.

It's convenient, KTX is nearby, lots of western-type conveniences - but ugly, as far as cities go. The slogan "FAST - Cheonan!" is pretty apt when you look at how haphazard a lot of the overpasses/bridges/tunnels are. But it's one of those places that's expected to grow over the next little while. I don't live there, but I don't live too far from there - so I can't tell you about what it's like to live there - just my impressions from visiting.

[Bibbitybop]

There was a Cheonan and Asan (next town over) thread. Indytrucks swears he knows of some good things to do there. I was ready to get back to Seoul when I stopped in that area.

[Hanson]

My in-laws live in Cheonan, in the "old" part of town. There are apparently two parts of town - the old part, where they have a lot of those old-style pedestrian lanes in residential/villa areas, and the new part of town, with the nightlife, newer buildings, etc...

They seem to be doing roadwork there all the time, trying to upgrade the older parts of town, widen roads, put new piping under the ground, fix the ancient infrastructures, ...

It's basically an up-and-comer, but it's one of those "small cities" outside of Seoul where nothing of note ever happens. There are a couple of universities out there, though.

Expect roughly a 2-hour commute into Seoul...

[diggler]

good god. its 1 hour south of seoul by bus and train, 38 mins by ktx and has various positives and negatives. lots of outdoor stuff but not much in the way of nightlife apart from the uni's.
i cant be doing with these muppets posting 'know it all' bllocks.
if you dont know the answers to sinmple questions why post?

[Becka]

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

[indytrucks]

The turkey dinner was indeed sumptuous, and 'falling asleep' is being a bit generous.

Cheonan is not without its charms. There's plenty of things to do if you like the outdoors, eating out, socialising, etc. You have to know where to look. It's also well-situated as a jumping-off point for travel around Korea.

And if you really find it that boring, you're only a bus or KTX ride away from Seoul to whoot it up at RMT or Castle Praha.

Check here for expat goings on:

http://www.cheonan.blogspot.com

[Jackofall]

I just moved here but I am out in the sticks. My impression is that there really isnt much going on but I have only been here 2 weeks so there may be some great deal going on and I just havent found it yet.

[spliff]

Farmers in suits.