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Tam
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 Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject: Jeonju |
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Hi guys.
I've been offered a job in Jeonju, and I wondered if anyone could tell me a bit about the place. I haven't been able to find a great deal about the city on the internet.
I know that the city has a population similar to that of Glasgow or Birmingham, but I don't know if there is a significant foreign community, whether it has a high or low cost of living compared to the average in Korea, what the transport links are like to Seoul, and whether it's an enjoyable place to live and work (I'm a male in my mid-twenties).
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Darkness
Joined: 12 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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google the jeonjuhub
I love Jeonju, great foreign community,not too big, but everything you need. If you have any questions, pm me. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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Jeonju has a very nice stream with park area through the middle of the city.
There's a lively university bar and restaurant district as well.
And the Jeonju International Fim Festival is as good as the one in Busan (PIFF), I having been to both.
Jeonju is also relatively close to some nice west coast beach areas, for saturday or sunday visits anyway,
like Byeonsan beach
(no, it isn't where the oil spilt, that was northward quite a bit) |
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panthermodern
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Taxronto
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Good food in Jeonju. |
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Tam
Joined: 08 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:34 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks, much appreciated. |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: Jeonju |
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Remember "Cohiba's Rule":
Think twice before you live outside of Seoul. "In Seoul" and
"outside of Seoul" are like two different countries. Seoul
is an interesting place with variety and venues for most
tastes. Outside of Seoul you will find a homogeneous Korean
culture. I don't mean this in a bad way, but you will never
find things like: French, Greek, Indian or any other ethnic
foods. Markets that sell sherry, pate, pastrami, ricotta cheese.
Specialty shops that sell dart accessories, cuban cigars or
cowboy boots.
The FFF RULE: FFF=Fun For Foreigners.
If FFF in Seoul = 100, then FFF decreases at
1/distance. So 2km from Seoul FFF=1/2(100)=50;
10km from Seoul FFF=1/10(100)=10. This rule is
a rule for nightlife, food and foreign products only.
Nature etc. is on a different scale altogether.
This means you will be wasting a lot of time commuting
to Seoul. This is especially a drag if you have been
boozing on a Friday night and there are no buses or
trains.
I, unfortunately, live in Incheon where the FFF factor
is almost in the negative range. I know! |
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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: C'est magnifique
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Ebes
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
Location: NS
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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AWESOME. |
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isak
Joined: 14 May 2008
Location: South Korea?
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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It's pretty nice, the expat community is pretty cool, and seems fairly close knit. The film festival was okay, but I live about 90 minutes away so it wasn't nearly as good as if I could've stayed all day.
Byeonsan beach IS pretty nice, and about an hour away from Jeonju.
I don't beleive in that cohiba's rule too much. If you want to have fun nothing will stop you from doing it, and if you're not crude and dumb it's not hard to find people to do stuff with. Jeonju is definitely big enough to find something to do, and somebody to do it with after a small period of adjustment.
Of course if you're in the boonies outside Jeonju like me, prepare to get a lot of books and travel to other places often. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Jeonju |
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| Cohiba wrote: |
Remember "Cohiba's Rule":
Think twice before you live outside of Seoul. "In Seoul" and
"outside of Seoul" are like two different countries. Seoul
is an interesting place with variety and venues for most
tastes. Outside of Seoul you will find a homogeneous Korean
culture. I don't mean this in a bad way, but you will never
find things like: French, Greek, Indian or any other ethnic
foods. Markets that sell sherry, pate, pastrami, ricotta cheese.
Specialty shops that sell dart accessories, cuban cigars or
cowboy boots.
The FFF RULE: FFF=Fun For Foreigners.
If FFF in Seoul = 100, then FFF decreases at
1/distance. So 2km from Seoul FFF=1/2(100)=50;
10km from Seoul FFF=1/10(100)=10. This rule is
a rule for nightlife, food and foreign products only.
Nature etc. is on a different scale altogether.
This means you will be wasting a lot of time commuting
to Seoul. This is especially a drag if you have been
boozing on a Friday night and there are no buses or
trains.
I, unfortunately, live in Incheon where the FFF factor
is almost in the negative range. I know! |
Yup. I know many people whose sole purpose in flying halfway around the world is to suss out ricotta cheese and the nearest waygookin sausage-fest watering holes immediately on arrival.
Change the record, pal. |
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Frankly Mr Shankly
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Jeonju |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Cohiba wrote: |
Remember "Cohiba's Rule":
Think twice before you live outside of Seoul. "In Seoul" and
"outside of Seoul" are like two different countries. Seoul
is an interesting place with variety and venues for most
tastes. Outside of Seoul you will find a homogeneous Korean
culture. I don't mean this in a bad way, but you will never
find things like: French, Greek, Indian or any other ethnic
foods. Markets that sell sherry, pate, pastrami, ricotta cheese.
Specialty shops that sell dart accessories, cuban cigars or
cowboy boots.
The FFF RULE: FFF=Fun For Foreigners.
If FFF in Seoul = 100, then FFF decreases at
1/distance. So 2km from Seoul FFF=1/2(100)=50;
10km from Seoul FFF=1/10(100)=10. This rule is
a rule for nightlife, food and foreign products only.
Nature etc. is on a different scale altogether.
This means you will be wasting a lot of time commuting
to Seoul. This is especially a drag if you have been
boozing on a Friday night and there are no buses or
trains.
I, unfortunately, live in Incheon where the FFF factor
is almost in the negative range. I know! |
Yup. I know many people whose sole purpose in flying halfway around the world is to suss out ricotta cheese and the nearest waygookin sausage-fest watering holes immediately on arrival.
Change the record, pal. |
Is that why when you come to Cheongju we always hit the authentic pig meat joints and lowly soju hofs? |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: Jeonju |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
Yup. I know many people whose sole purpose in flying halfway around the world is to suss out ricotta cheese and the nearest waygookin sausage-fest watering holes immediately on arrival.
Change the record, pal. |
I pretty well experienced all the Korean culture I wanted to experience
in my first week here. I'm not here for some cultural playtime. I'm here
to make money, save money and retire in Thailand at an early age.
Along the way I expect the goods and services I require to be at least
comparable to an average OECD country. Unfortunately this is only
possible in Seoul. The rest of the country is primitive. |
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articulate_ink
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
Location: Left Korea in 2008. Hong Kong now.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Jeonju |
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| Cohiba wrote: |
| indytrucks wrote: |
Yup. I know many people whose sole purpose in flying halfway around the world is to suss out ricotta cheese and the nearest waygookin sausage-fest watering holes immediately on arrival.
Change the record, pal. |
I pretty well experienced all the Korean culture I wanted to experience
in my first week here. I'm not here for some cultural playtime. I'm here
to make money, save money and retire in Thailand at an early age.
Along the way I expect the goods and services I require to be at least
comparable to an average OECD country. Unfortunately this is only
possible in Seoul. The rest of the country is primitive. |
I tend to agree with Cohiba (I could care less about expat hangouts but I'm deeply tired of Soviet shopping) although my goal is not to retire in Thailand. That said, I spent a month in Jeonju two years ago and liked it very much. My impression was that it's cleaner than the average city. The air quality is significantly better. It's big enough to have some good urban amenities. The food was remarkably good. I didn't get much of that bovine, gobsmacked WAH! IT'S A FOREIGNER! reaction there despite the fact that there's a much smaller expat community than in the greater Seoul region. If you're looking for a good selection of imported food, a good English-language bookstore, and other Western amenities there are probably some to be found but you can expect to do a lot of shopping online. But then, if you're looking for those things, Korea is also the wrong country for you, which is another discussion completely. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: Jeonju |
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| Frankly Mr Shankly wrote: |
| Is that why when you come to Cheongju we always hit the authentic pig meat joints and lowly soju hofs? |
I like slumming it, what can I say. Appeals to my own personal sense of character. Plus, when I get obnoxiously hammered and spill pig blood, kimchi juice and makkoli all down my front, hardly anyone notices. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: Jeonju |
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| Cohiba wrote: |
| I pretty well experienced all the Korean culture I wanted to experience in my first week here. |
A whole week, huh? Well shit, no wonder you offer such sage advice! What a champ! |
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