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I've about finished my time in Korea.

My opinion if it is this.

It's the asian country rich white people go to. Seems even more so than Japan.

I guess because you can use visa. And the roads have English names too.

Rich Chinese people love to go shopping there.

The mall might have been half Chinese women. Kinda sucks for China. All that money leaving because it's nicer and people would rather shop there.

Anyways, I didn't even attempt to say anything in Korean except thank you and hello.

China and even Japan are both waaaay cheaper for eating food.

Meal for 25 in China 125$.

Meal for 4 in Korea 125$.

People want to cook the food in front of you. But they don't expect tips. Weird.

Uber felt cheaper than united states.

People are not especially nice nor rude. About like America. With less drugs.
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James A Lewis 1y ago

My somewhat inexperienced opinion too. I spent 4mo there while in college. It was fun. I think inflation was worse there since I was there in 2011.

I remember hearing about the inflation since the Korean War when a 700won payout was issued to the family of a fallen soldier, which was at the time worth about $0.50, maybe less.

Food then was cheaper. A 15k-won/person meal at a sungyupsal/bulgogi place was pretty good, which felt at the time like $13 does today.

I sorta learned Korean, but I didn't put enough effort into it to really converse. I do like their writing system, though!

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KentuckyChicken 1y ago

That's awesome. I don't think I have it in me right now to try another language. I've gone to absurd lengths to learn Chinese. And I still have a lot to learn . Korean would be on the top of my list of other languages. I think I like there more than Japan. And I've heard great things about it's writing system. They make good tv shows. The mix of Christian and bhudist culture along with creative freedom makes for interesting movies. Especially after life ones.

13$ seems cheaper than anything today. Felt like everything was priced like San Francisco.