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Anyone in Uiwang?

 
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jackmckenzie



Joined: 11 Jan 2010
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:31 am    Post subject: Anyone in Uiwang? Reply with quote
Hey guys

Just looking for som info on the city of Uiwang as considering taking a job there. Hope to hear some info from those who know the place as not getting much luck searching on the web.

Thanks!
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Where in Uiwang? The city's got a pretty wide range of possibilities in terms of standard of living.
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ren546



Joined: 17 Dec 2010
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's not that big. I used to live around there. Close to Hagwon-ga (where there are a lot of foreigners). Takes about 50 minutes to get to Seoul. I think there's an art college there, or something like that. If it's your first time in Korea, there are definitely much worse places to be.
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modernseoul



Joined: 11 Sep 2011
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Uiwang stretches from the north of Anyang to the north of Suwon. In general it has good links to both as well as Seoul which is less than an hour away.

Overall a nice place, I lived there not long ago and enjoyed very much. It is a bit lost due to its location and is more of an county than a city.

I would say it's a nice place to live and for a first-timer its a good option.
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ren546 wrote:
It's not that big. I used to live around there. Close to Hagwon-ga (where there are a lot of foreigners). Takes about 50 minutes to get to Seoul. I think there's an art college there, or something like that. If it's your first time in Korea, there are definitely much worse places to be.


It's pretty big actually. The part where hagwon-ga is located is really disconnected from the rest of the city and fairly unrepresentative of the city as a whole. Southern Uiwang is really close to Suwon and much more a reflection of Suwon than the northern part near Indeogwon.
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jackmckenzie



Joined: 11 Jan 2010
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah it is my first time out in Korea so just want to make sure I'd be comfortable. Not sure on the exact location right now, only that it is in Uiwang..
Anyone living there now that could give me a good idea about what the place is like? How it is living there?
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
jackmckenzie wrote:
Yeah it is my first time out in Korea so just want to make sure I'd be comfortable. Not sure on the exact location right now, only that it is in Uiwang..
Anyone living there now that could give me a good idea about what the place is like? How it is living there?


I live about five minutes away in the next town over. Again, it's really difficult to answer your questions without knowing specifically where you'll be living. There's not much to Uiwang itself, as it's more of a feeder city for Anyang and Gunpo in the north and Suwon in the south. If you look up information on those cities it will give you a decent idea of what you're getting into.
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ren546



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
northway wrote:
It's pretty big actually. The part where hagwon-ga is located is really disconnected from the rest of the city and fairly unrepresentative of the city as a whole. Southern Uiwang is really close to Suwon and much more a reflection of Suwon than the northern part near Indeogwon.


Population 150,000? Not big.
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ren546 wrote:
northway wrote:
It's pretty big actually. The part where hagwon-ga is located is really disconnected from the rest of the city and fairly unrepresentative of the city as a whole. Southern Uiwang is really close to Suwon and much more a reflection of Suwon than the northern part near Indeogwon.


Population 150,000? Not big.


Basically attached to cities of upwards of 1,000,000, 600,000, and 300,000? Irrelevant.
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