RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

sounds like a certain someone is jealous they are a lowly country bumpkin instead of a sophisticated urban trendsetter (like us cool seoulites)

I live in a town of less than 30,000 people, and it feels super urban compared to the places I lived growing up.
If you can't plink tin cans in the fallow fields next to your home, it's not rural!

It’s almost always used pejoratively as well, and it’s pretty clear what people are really trying to say when they use the word, which is probably how its use is justified in describing obviously not 시골 areas (or worse, 깡촌!). It annoys me when people (read: my wife!) describe entire states — like say, Wisconsin — as “rural”. Milwaukee is not huge by any means, but it’s obviously not cow pastures either, even if they’re never very far.

If you can't plink tin cans in the fallow fields next to your home, it's not rural!

excuse me sir?

Milwaukee is not huge by any means, but it’s obviously not cow pastures either

as someone from the enlightened, bustling, privileged northeast... that's not obvious

excuse me sir?

Hmmm. How to put this in a way that you hedonistic, slothful, frivolous, superficial, layabout city-slickers would understand?

Ah! If you walk down your driveway from your doorstep to the street and your cup of Double Ristretto Venti Half-Soy Nonfat Decaf Organic Chocolate Brownie Iced Vanilla Double-Shot Gingerbread Frappuccino Extra Hot With Foam Whipped Cream Upside Down Double Blended is no longer warm, then you probably live in a rural area.

Hmmm. How to put this in a way that you hedonistic, slothful, frivolous, superficial, layabout city-slickers would understand?

Ah! If you walk down your driveway from your doorstep to the street and your cup of Double Ristretto Venti Half-Soy Nonfat Decaf Organic Chocolate Brownie Iced Vanilla Double-Shot Gingerbread Frappuccino Extra Hot With Foam Whipped Cream Upside Down Double Blended is no longer warm, then you probably live in a rural area.

ah ok. thanks for explaining in plain english this time

I'm guessing anyone who lives in Seoul and tries to look down on some Gyeonggi satellite city like Anyang is from a hick town or deep 'burbs back in their home country.  They're trying to adopt the big city airs they were envious of back home.  Seoul, although interesting in parts, is not a huge wow factor big city.  A lot of Seoul is completely interchangeable with places in Anyang, Seongnam, or Ilsan for example.  Looking down on Suwon, I get, but I always get a kick out of foreigners that live in HBC thinking they are in some chic and sophisticated hipster enclave like Williamsburg in Brooklyn.  A friend lived in some sub-standard apartment for a couple of years and I enjoyed popping up there and getting some food with him, but was always happy I didn't live there.  As long as I'm on the subway line I am happy.  No desire to live in Seoul. 

as someone from the enlightened, bustling, privileged northeast... that's not obvious

The DNC 2020 was going to be our one chance to finally prove ourselves worthy to you sophisticates and we BLEW IT! 

I went to Anyang once and thought it the definition of urban hell.

All the traffic and distance of a big city and none of the benefits that justify tolerating uber-urban life.

Of course, I'm a small city kind of guy.

I prefer places far away rather than satellite spraw Gyeonggi cities.

Of Korean cities...

1. Busan
2. Jeju City
3. Jinju
4. Jeonju
5. Suncheon
6. Changwon
7. Chuncheon
8. Yeosu
9. Pohang

That said, i have spent my years here living in "towns", as i'd define them, places smaller, more chill, easier to commute, and not far from city shopping for the weekend.

Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong, Seogwipo, Geochang.

My blind spots: I somehow have never been to Ulsan or downtown Incheon (just the airport). They are on my bucket list, along with Cheongju and Naju.

Bots bought all, or the majority, of the day 1 PS5s D:

I'm guessing anyone who lives in Seoul and tries to look down on some Gyeonggi satellite city like Anyang is from a hick town or deep 'burbs back in their home country.  They're trying to adopt the big city airs they were envious of back home.  Seoul, although interesting in parts, is not a huge wow factor big city.  A lot of Seoul is completely interchangeable with places in Anyang, Seongnam, or Ilsan for example.  Looking down on Suwon, I get, but I always get a kick out of foreigners that live in HBC thinking they are in some chic and sophisticated hipster enclave like Williamsburg in Brooklyn.  A friend lived in some sub-standard apartment for a couple of years and I enjoyed popping up there and getting some food with him, but was always happy I didn't live there.  As long as I'm on the subway line I am happy.  No desire to live in Seoul. 

Most of the views you read online seem to be extolling the virtues of Anyang, Suwon, Bundang et al as superior to central Seoul. It's comparatively rare to see someone write a paragraph about how it's much better to live in Gangnam or Itaewon.

The DNC 2020 was going to be our one chance to finally prove ourselves worthy to you sophisticates and we BLEW IT! 

and you blew it... go milk a milkwaukee cow so i can have so cereal

Bots bought all, or the majority, of the day 1 PS5s D:

same with most of the recent graphics cards releases ㅠㅠ

Seoul and Busan justify the annoyances of urban life. Smaller Korean cities are (generally) interchangeable, lacking in interesting culture, food, architecture, social opportunities, etc. They do, however, provide plenty of air pollution, outrageous driving, rude and pushy citizens, crowded transit and littered streets. Never again for me.

Yeah, personally I've always been a small town guy myself. My college town was a bit of a shithole but me and my friends had a few hangout spots and it was nice going to Hy-Vee and having a pretty good chance of running into a friend or co-worker. There are definitely some benefits to city life (especially for people who are big into nightlife and stuff like that) but frankly I'd rather live out in the sticks and maybe take a weekend trip to Seoul every once in a while.

Bots bought all, or the majority, of the day 1 PS5s D:

Yeah, didn't expect anything less.

This year's been crazy. I wanted an RTX 3080 to build a new PC, sold out everywhere. 6800XT looks like it's going to sell out too.
Ryzen 5 CPUs all sold out. PS5's all sold out.

I'm not watching unboxing videos or anything. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to get something new to game on for the holidays.

same with most of the recent graphics cards releases ㅠㅠ

Bit of a blessing though. 3080 is completely sold out and going by AMD's reluctance to give a straight answer, I'm betting that their ray-tracing performance isn't on the level as Nvidia's. Looks like I'll be waiting for the 3080ti in January.

Yeah, didn't expect anything less.

This year's been crazy. I wanted an RTX 3080 to build a new PC, sold out everywhere. 6800XT looks like it's going to sell out too.
Ryzen 5 CPUs all sold out. PS5's all sold out.

I'm not watching unboxing videos or anything. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to get something new to game on for the holidays.

Yeah haha. I'd never had a new console on day 1 before though, so was hoping to grab the ps5 today haha.
Though, I'm hoping I'll have it in my hands before January. I want to get Bugsnax for free from the ps+ haha.

Yeah, I'll also be looking to build a new PC in January. Since I can't really travel, I was gunna upgrade my PC then instead.
Hopefully by then the gfx cards will be back in stock :D (and cheaper)

Did you end up upgrading your PC yet?

Bugsnax

_hmmm

Yeah, personally I've always been a small town guy myself... There are definitely some benefits to city life (especially for people who are big into nightlife and stuff like that) but frankly I'd rather live out in the sticks and maybe take a weekend trip to Seoul every once in a while.

Indeed.