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Brooksmatic
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 Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:47 pm Post subject: Jongno 포장마차's - |
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I used to go to the tents near Jongno station all the time but I drove by there last night and it looks like everything is gone. I had heard they made all the vendors leave but where did they all move to?
And, how can I get there? |
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Brooksmatic
Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| No idea what happened in the subject line. Can a mod change it to Jongno 포장마차's - Where did they go? |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Getting rid of the vendors in Iteawon would be nice too. It's annoying how they block the people walking down the street. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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Having street vendors is wonderful, especially in a country where they don't shout at you.
Getting rid of them strips the culture from the streets. |
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climber159
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
Having street vendors is wonderful, especially in a country where they don't shout at you.
Getting rid of them strips the culture from the streets. |
+1
Have you ever been to a gentrified area in a major city? It looks clean and well-groomed, but it's BORING! I'll gladly accept some grit and grime (and less walking space) if it makes for an interesting and unique place. |
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exercise_in_futility
Joined: 11 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| climber159 wrote: |
| Bibbitybop wrote: |
Having street vendors is wonderful, especially in a country where they don't shout at you.
Getting rid of them strips the culture from the streets. |
+1
Have you ever been to a gentrified area in a major city? It looks clean and well-groomed, but it's BORING! I'll gladly accept some grit and grime (and less walking space) if it makes for an interesting and unique place. |
totally agree with this sentiment. look at frikkin itaewon now, it's becoming family oriented for chrissakes. i miss the old seedy, dirty, might-get-jumped-at-any-second itaewon, not this popular destination for lovey-dovey couples for exotic foods place it's become now.
death to gentrification |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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i dunno, rows after rows of odeng and ddeok bokki? i could do without.
if they got rid of the filipino market in hyehwa, that's a bigger tragedy. i can get odeng and ddeok bokki (on or off the street) anywhere |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| reactionary wrote: |
i dunno, rows after rows of odeng and ddeok bokki? i could do without.
if they got rid of the filipino market in hyehwa, that's a bigger tragedy. i can get odeng and ddeok bokki (on or off the street) anywhere |
It gets to stay, for now:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/03/117_62599.html
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| The Korea Times reported last Feb. 11 that the office planned to relocate the market by March, citing complaints about traffic congestion, garbage and disorderliness in the area from passers-by and residents. |
The office is full of BS. Traffic congestion: It doesn't not congest road traffic at all. If the city was concerned about road traffic, and especially safety, at the Hyehwa rotary, they would have turned it into a proper intersection when they demolished the rotary bridge over 2 years ago. The rotary is a damn nightmare to drive through. Garbage: I can show the city many, many dirtier places in Jongno that don't have street markets. Or, why not put out some fking trash cans? Or enforce litter laws? Disorderliness: BS. Not once do the Filipinos or local Korean residents get disorderly. That corner of the rotary doesn't even connect with a residential street! You have to walk to the market, not thru it trying to get to your apartment. |
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mmstyle
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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The corner with the Filipino market is not the problem area when it comes to trash and congestion....it's the area by exits 1 and 4! They get so full of people and people leave soooo much litter.
Trying to say this about the Filipino market is just an excuse, IMO. I should know, I live here. And Sunday afternoons are just about the nicest time to walk around Hyewha (although Monday mornings are usually the cleanest). |
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prideofidaho
Joined: 19 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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Well it's a completely different story if that happens to be your neighbourhood. For example,
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| Getting rid of the vendors in Iteawon would be nice too. It's annoying how they block the people walking down the street. |
I live in Itaewon. On the weekends running a simlpe errand becomes a begrudging task. The vendors are just trying to make a buck, but then you've got the punters who are walking like sunday drivers. I don't blame either party, but it's bloody excruciating when you've got a point A to point B situation. It takes more patience than I have to serpentine through the crowds and not utter curses at every person you pass.
But when it comes to any other area in Seoul, I turn into one of the sunday driving punters. |
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