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seoulman1
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Location: Jamsil
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 Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:34 am Post subject: Iteawon / Hongdae foreigners VS the rest of us... |
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| Is it just me or is there a different breed of foreigners residing in Iteawon and Hongdae areas? |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Foreigners with different interests. Now you've got three stereotypes in your pack of Top Trumps; Koreans, foreigners not interested in drinking and Itaewon foreigners. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| I don't think you can group all Hongdae foreigners together. 99% of all foreigners in Hongdae have nothing in common with me. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| I'm a HongDae foreigner...i.e. previous refugee from the rest of Korea. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:00 am Post subject: Re: Iteawon / Hongdae foreigners VS the rest of us... |
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| seoulman1 wrote: |
| Is it just me or is there a different breed of foreigners residing in Iteawon and Hongdae areas? |
You mean the "Over 30" crowd in Itaewon vs the "fresh outta university" mob in Hongdae?
Or Hongdae's "I'm so bohemian" group vs Itaewon's "I feel so ghetto" group
Or maybe the "I love the hookers" sorts in Itaewon vs Hongdae's "I like the hooka" types.
Or the "I hate Korea and all Koreans!" philosophy of Itaewon vs the "Koreans are keen when they act like me!" philosophy of Hongdae.
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This is all sort of the same, isn't it? |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I lived in Hongdae for 5 years - until 2007, in fact - and it's a great place to live as long as you steer clear of the part down the hill that's become a sort of Kangnam/Itaewon mutant baby. |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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I'm thinking of moving from Seongnam to Itaewon because:
1. More central location
2. Cheap for Seoul
3. Shorter commute to work
Seem like good reasons to me... |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Iteawon / Hongdae foreigners VS the rest of us... |
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| twg wrote: |
| seoulman1 wrote: |
| Is it just me or is there a different breed of foreigners residing in Iteawon and Hongdae areas? |
You mean the "Over 30" crowd in Itaewon vs the "fresh outta university" mob in Hongdae?
Or Hongdae's "I'm so bohemian" group vs Itaewon's "I feel so ghetto" group
Or maybe the "I love the hookers" sorts in Itaewon vs Hongdae's "I like the hooka" types.
Or the "I hate Korea and all Koreans!" philosophy of Itaewon vs the "Koreans are keen when they act like me!" philosophy of Hongdae.
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This is all sort of the same, isn't it? |
Nicely put. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Where is Hongdae (for the geogrpahically and socially challenged like myself) |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Hongdae is in the northwest part of seoul, near Shinchon and by the Hongkik University subway stop on the green subway line.
I'm always wary of these kind of posts that try to draw distinctions between one type of people and another. I have noticed that Hongdae has basically opened up a mini-Itaewon inside itself with the tinpans and formerly route 66. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| What is special about it? |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| What is special about it? |
HongDae attracts many of the young artists from all over Korea. So you have art exhibitions everywhere for one. Everything art-related has a strong presense in HongDae.
In addition, its also very well-known for the best club scene in Korea. Most Koreans associate HongDae with 'clubbing'. Techno, hiphop, DJs, live music venues, etc. are all over HongDae.
One a month they also have CLUB DAY where for one fee, you can go into any of about 15 participating clubs.
Another day a month they have SOUND DAY where for one, you can go see as much different live music bands as you'd like to see.
In addition, there are five major universities in the area - Hongik University, Yonsei University, Sogang University, Myungji University and Ehwa Women's University.
Then on top of that, four of those universities have very famous and popular foreign language programs for non-Korean speakers to learn Korean.
So...all of those things combined, more or less make HongDae nearly a rival for foreigners attention and popularity right up there with Itaewon.
One last thing about HongDae...they also have foreign restaurants. As far as I know there are at least three Mexican restaurants, two Thai Restaurants, two Indian restaurants, two Greek restaurants, etc. |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| One last thing about HongDae...they also have foreign restaurants. As far as I know there are at least three Mexican restaurants, two Thai Restaurants, two Indian restaurants, two Greek restaurants, etc. |
And a very satisfactory chocolatier! |
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