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[eaglenovan]

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[kangnamdragon]

A friend once told me he does not need to buckle up his niece and nephew in the back seat because he drives carefully.

[Derrek]

General mentality in Korea is that, "it's not a problem until it's a problem."

There is little or no "preventative maintenance" in this country.

In general, I've learned that Koreans don't want to worry about anything until it's something that absolutely must be dealt with.

There are exceptions, though. If there is a way someone can screw you for money via a particular "law", then you can be they'll use it to try to get money somehow.

[Squid]

15 years in construction taught me not to be surprised by any sharp practices. Even so, the Korean method of pouring floor after floor of concrete on top of stuff below that's still green (not dry) amazes me. That's why before they fit the exterior cladding you can see that the lower columns are all bowed-out like a cowboy's legs.

The cladding tends to straighten up the appearance on most of them but still a lot you can see a lean happening at the third, sometimes even only the second level. I'm only amazed because more don't collapse.

The Korean attitude toward work accidents is that it's the fault of the victim, either directly because they made a mistake, or because they were a "bad person"...kind of a karmic thing. Same goes for disabilities.

Still, I'm looking forward to seeing Chinese scaffolders hanging off a bit of bamboo 48 floors up. In fact i'll be taking a few telephoto pictures when I get there.

Moral of the story:

Don't live in poured concrete villas more than three floors tall.