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aisainmind · Joined: 08 Jan 2006

Hi guys,

I was wondering if anyone has any information on Suncheon or Yongin to please pm me. I was offered some good jobs in both places and wanted to talk to someone who has either been to both or at least travelled or lived in both places. I need to do a comparison, post your thoughts if you like, That would be great.

Thanks a bunch!

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

Yongin has Everland, which is good for a trip or two (maybe the waterpark is nice in the summer, didn't go there though). I haven't really been there other than the once but just incase you get no other information, I figure it must have some amenities (sp?) for a big amusement park to be there.

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

Yongin is fairly sprawling. Parts are within walking distance to the Bundang subway line (if you don't mind walking for more than 30 mins.) And parts are connected by bus to places on the Bundang line. They put me up in a motel that was a ten minute ride to Migeum station.

Then there's parts that can take 30 minutes by bus to get to a subway station.

I enjoy the parts of Yongin I've seen, although since it's so close to Seongnam and Seoul (sort of) I've liked just actually living in Bundang better.

UncleAlex · Joined: 04 Apr 2003

If I were you, I'd choose Yongin. It's an hour from Seoul on the subway
line. Suncheon is in the deep south where there's much anti-western sentiment
and no cosmopolitan and global elements. Cool

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

VanIslander · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:55 am Post subject:

Suncheon is great ! Actually a wonderful city of a quarter million. And it is CLOSE to Gwangju, sure 50-60 minutes by bus, but considering the time it takes to get from one side of Seoul to the other, or from Incheon to Seoul, the distance from Suncheon to the big city of Gwangju is nominal. You can easily go to Gwangju often on the weekends, not to mention TONS of great weekend trips to sights in the south.

Suncheon is near Yeosu, worth a few weekends, Boseong green tea fields and one could be at some awesome south coast warm clear water beaches well before noon on a Saturday, westward (to Wando region) or eastward. Jiri National (Mountain) Park isn't far away, and one could hop over to the eastern province of Gyeongsangnamdo to Jinju, Tongyeong, even here on the island, or make the two hour trip to Busan by lunchtime on Saturday.

Suncheon has a VERY nice hip, modern cool-looking shopping and nightlife district. Seriously, it's like a mini-Nampodong (trendy Busan area). I have been there four times, each time while passing through on my journeys. The last couple of times I've stayed in a nice hotel for 25,000 won. The prices in that city are so cheap!

I think it's almost ideally located for outdoor fun and cultural trips.

It's big enough to have what you need, and close enough to a major city (Gwangju) to make enough foreigner friends too.

I would gladly work in Suncheon. In my travels throughout the country I've only found two or three other small cities that compare.

It's not for everyone, but for some it'd be great!

Promoting itself as an environmentally-wonderful city, here's a video profile that - while overdoing it - does show some of the small city's strengths:
http://www.suncheon.jeonnam.kr/eng/menu01/menu01_03.php

Check it out.