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[jjajangmyun]

Where do the Gyopos (Korean-Americans/Canadians/etc) hang out in Seoul?

Nothing personal to non-gyopos, but I just feel more comfortable hanging out with other gyopos. Just a matter of preference.

Can any gyopos on this board shed some light? I know there are a ton of gyopo-haters on Dave's, but figured it'll be worth reading through 10 garbage responses if there's at least 1 that actually answers the question.

[chrisinkorea2011]

Actually im gyopo and 95% of the gyopos ive seen or interacted with hang out with non gyopos. ironic huh?? its funny but while i lived in america all my hang out friends were mixed or full korean/asian but in korea its a lot of non asians i see and talk to.

[The Floating World]

The poker tables at the Walker Hill Hotel.

I kid you not.

[jjajangmyun]

[northway]

Whichever club in Gangnam has the most girls on a particular night.

[radcon]

Why do you feel uncomfortable around non-Kyopos?

[modernseoul]

Seen many in Bunker Bar near Monkey Beach nightclub in Apgujung, Gangnam.

[crsandus]

[catman]

[radcon]

[nate1983]

[pkang0202]

I've been in Korea 5 years and I only have about 2-3 gyopo friends.

#1: Its hard to meet gyopos because you can't tell who's a gyopo and who's not. Gyopos who are fluent in Korean will usually just speak Korean.

#2. Gyopos are just normal people. Just because they are gyopo doesn't mean you'll automatically become friends. I've met a few gyopos that I just wanted to punch the face.

#3. A gyopo that hangs out at Walker Hill every weekend should tell you something about their social life.

OP, take the initiative. The gyopo facebook group is defunct? Start a new one. Setup a gyopo gathering. Post the info on here and the word will spread. Have everyone go to 전선생 or some other place that has good food, good drinks, and people can talk to each other.

[The Floating World]

Good points from pkang there.

Also try making friends with people from other backgrounds too. Might be a good experience. I personally am not kyopo but I haven't seen kyopos treated as outsiders or any differently from any other foriegners amongst foriegn social circles in Korea as long as it wasn't their personailty that was the issue, which goes for everyone of course.

All being in the same boat - a foriegner in Korea - and with similar jobs, social groups can be quite tight and supportive here if you meet the right crowd.

[jjajangmyun]

i'd like to make friends who are not in the english-teaching world. i myself am no longer teaching english, but when I did, all of my friends were foreigners from Canada/US/Australia. Still friends with them today. But when their contracts end, they usually leave and it sucks being the last guy remaining out of your group of friends.

I plan to stay here for at least a few years and the only other group of people who I've seen stick around for awhile are other gyopos. Usually because they don't teach English here and work a corporate gig.

[chrisinkorea2011]

il be your friend becuz im gyopo lol

my names chris, im from america, love food and long walks on the beach! lol

seriously though i do feel you on this, actually not to make it seem bad but a couple of the gyopos i know are very calm and good natured (although ive met quite a few stupid ones too!) and a lot of the non gyopos i hung out with before and not anymore i wanted to punch in the face lol

something about playing the "im a foreigner in korea so i dont understand what your rules are and il make my own" irks me horribly. These are the same ones who think its cool to try to hit it with as many korean girls as possible simply because they are foreign.

ive also met some non gyopos who took an immense interest in korea, learning korean, and the culture and i was generally very impressed. really just depends on the person, that being said my 2 best friends are black(african american) and japanese.