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[LURKER]

Seriously. It's got a great variety of food, a cool metropolitan feel to it, yeah it's a bit sleazy, but who cares? I'm tired of hearing people go on about how it makes them "uncomfortable," as though some dodgy Nigerian blokes and other foreigners *shock horror* out to meet women are ruining their "authentic" Korean experience or something.

It's my favourite place in Korea, and I don't know why people diss it so much.

[samcheokguy]

You know EXACTLY why they dislike Itaewon. They have said so. Now you may think have dumb reasons...but you have seen all the reasons typed out here. You fail symantics.

[LURKER]

Nah, I still don't understand it. It's hardly as though prostitution and the seedier side of life isn't pretty easy to find in other parts of Seoul (or Korea, for that matter).

[Straphanger]

Can someone consolidate these threads? This is the third one on Itaewon.

[Ukon]

I'm susprised by how dissed it gets...I've heard plenty of cool people straight out say "I hate that place". It's a fun and interesting neighborhood.

However, I'd HATE to live there. Aside from cheap rents, the place is like an foreign ghetto...I didn't come to korea to live in an American version of a 1970's China town. Not to mention everything is overpriced...It is centrally located which is a plus.

[LURKER]

[Goku]

Oh let's branch out into 3 different threads about the same topic of Itaewon.. lol jk op no hard feelings.

I do admit, Itaewon is great for food.

There's a lot of western things to do, and for that I'm thankful I can get a taste of home. Oh god, a good western brekfast with eggs and bacon with waffles sounds good right about now.

And it's very multicultural, even in Korea, you can experience something non-Korean.

However, I'm more of an advocate of enjoying the local cuisine and life while I can. I like to eat the Korean food and I'll even make Sam Gyup Sal at home.

I'm not so... "attached" to a food and I'm more willing to explore.

I'll admit, I'm a bit unrationally biased against Itaewon. My own expereinces there have been... strange to say the least. I had people egging me on to cheat on my GF with some girl I just met, and I did. I regret it with every fiber of my being and which is why I hate Itaewon. Everything bad I've ever done morally comes from there.

The people I generally meet in Itaewon are amoral (not immoral lets not confuse them) and I have a strict set of morals that I follow. I understand amorality and to a degree it's logically valid and fine to think that promesicous sex, cheating, drinking all night, causing trouble, throwing beer bottles, and smoking pot is fine. But personally, I don't want to live my life that way. Itaewon is an easy venue for this type of behavior.

[nosmallplans]

Some of the restaurants are amazing.

For example: the little restaurant underneath Gecko's has the best hashbrowns in the world.

[Ukon]

[prideofidaho]

[Xuanzang]

[Goku]

To all 3,

1) Yes it's irrational

2) No I don't blame the physical streets, I attribute the "debauchry" to the people who live the neighborhood

3) I already said "amoral". Not immoral. I don't think those things are bad. But I don't do them nor will I.

4) And no I don't completely blame Itaewon for my problems. I never said it was the cause of my immorality, rather it's the place where the only immoral things I did were there. Ergo, why I don't like it. People behave on what happens around them. I still take responsibility for my actions, but that doesn't change the fact that it's the enviroment that helps fertilize what I consider bad behavior. If I'm in an enviroment where everyone around me is drinking having a blast, picking up hookers, and smoking pot people would obviously tempted to also do the same. Whereas, if somoenes at a bookstore next to a cafe and the people around me are reading it's not like I'm going to pick up a bong and start puffing away in the middle.

It's not like someone's completley isolated from their enviorment. In fact, IS the biggest factor on how someone behaves.

Like I said, it's not all bad, but I avoid it at night time.

[michaelambling]

[jkelly80]

MODS MAKE THIS A STICKY!

It's a great location within the city. Close to Gangnam, Myeongdong, Jongno, Hongdae, etc.

And it's diverse, which is more than you can say for just about any spot in this country.