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Seoul voted third worst city in the world to live in
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ed4444



Joined: 12 Oct 2004

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:04 am    Post subject: Seoul voted third worst city in the world to live in Reply with quote

Harsh but amusing nonetheless. Detroit won BTW!

http://www.ananova.com/News/story/sm_3620110.html
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Hyeon Een



Joined: 24 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That article was hilarious, especially this bit:

Quote:
A man from Wolverhampton who happened to be in New York on 9/11 and met President Bush:

Bush comes up to shake his hand asks him where he's from. The man replies "Wolverhampton".

"I don't know that place," says Bush. "What state is it in?" "The man from Wolverhampton looks around him and replies, "It's pretty much like this really."


Quality.
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stevieg4ever



Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Location: London, England

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

seoul is not the third

the seoul is the numbre one, seoul is for korea for the world^^^
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Brady



Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Location: Bucheon

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bangin'. Detroit for the win!
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kalbitang



Joined: 07 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hate all the Soviet-style concrete buildings of Seoul most of all. It's truly monstrous.

On the other hand, Seoul is far superior to the soul-sucking, post-apocalyptic wasteland favela called Los Angeles.
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dons



Joined: 27 Oct 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So if I'm in Detroit and that's the worst city to live in, then if I move to Seoul I should be approximately 3 times happier right?
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GTG09



Joined: 03 Jul 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like I am upgrading then. I live right outside of Detroit now and am moving to right outside of Seoul.
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Vimfuego



Joined: 10 Apr 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually Seoul is one of the nicest cities I've lived in. I don't understand why all the detractors stay here.
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shinramyun



Joined: 31 Jul 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's called an opinion. More like retarded one, that is.
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GTG09



Joined: 03 Jul 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They are right on Detroit though. Its actually worse than most people know.
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conrad2



Joined: 05 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seoul is worse than Mogadishu?
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Yangachi



Joined: 17 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seoul is worse than Wolverhampton? What a joke!
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madoka



Joined: 27 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, Detroit does have ridiculously affordable housing - at $7,500 for a home there. Shocked

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jan/29/nation/chi-detroit-housingjan29

It may be tough to get financing for a new car these days, but in Detroit you can buy a house with a credit card.

The median price of a home sold in Detroit in December was $7,500, according to Realcomp, a listing service.

Not $75,000. Remove a zero�it�s seven thousand five hundred dollars, substantially less than the lowest-price car on the new-car market.

Among the many dispiriting numbers that bleakly depict the decrepitude of this onetime industrial behemoth, the steep slide of housing values helps define the daunting challenge to anyone who wants to lead this shrinking, poverty-pocked city of about 800,000 people.

�We�re always fighting ourselves out of a hole,� said Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans.
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shinramyun



Joined: 31 Jul 2009

PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The whole article is a joke. The entire list is based on one man's opinion.

Or the person who wrote the article was simply trolling.
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tiger fancini



Joined: 21 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol it's written by the lonely planet people. Therefore it obviously sucks, is inaccurate, and is probably sporting a scruffy beard and crappy imitation dreadlocks.
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