Comments on: The Tale of the Samsung Road http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 09:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Seth Gecko http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97144 Seth Gecko Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:12:45 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97144 Man, why aren't my posts showing? Man, why aren’t my posts showing?

]]> By: Seth Gecko http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97143 Seth Gecko Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:12:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97143 #6 dlatn said: "Nice straight inflammable post." You DO know what inflammable means, right? http://youtube.com/watch?v=wiAPsh9RGKc #6 dlatn said:

“Nice straight inflammable post.”

You DO know what inflammable means, right?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wiAPsh9RGKc

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97127 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:07:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97127 'to these' ‘to these’

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97126 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:07:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97126 "It doesn’t necessarily have to be a conspiracy. This is, after all, a very crowded place." Yes, good point...Thanks for the alternative explanation these engineering quirks that I may have mistaken for being errors. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be a conspiracy. This is, after all, a very crowded place.”

Yes, good point…Thanks for the alternative explanation these engineering quirks that I may have mistaken for being errors.

]]> By: mjw http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97092 mjw Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:26:06 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97092 face the facts, all development is a god damn conspiracy. here and in the so-called developed world. what's the big deal? this reminds me of that Letterman skit: "is this anything" Answer in this case: no. face the facts, all development is a god damn conspiracy. here and in the so-called developed world. what’s the big deal?

this reminds me of that Letterman skit: “is this anything”

Answer in this case: no.

]]> By: dlatn http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97090 dlatn Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:17:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97090 About time! Nice straight inflammable post. Keep it up bud. About time!
Nice straight inflammable post.
Keep it up bud.

]]> By: Brendon Carr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97082 Brendon Carr Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:00:25 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97082 <p>It doesn't necessarily have to be a <i>conspiracy</i>. This is, after all, a very crowded place.</p> <p>City of Suwon may simply have done a "balancing test" between the supposed economic value of the Samsung properties and the others that were sacrificed to make way for the road. In the photo, it appears the Samsung facilities are right up to the roadway, which means to take some of the Samsung land would necessitate evacuation of those buildings (just like the residences and small businesses making way) and suspension of operations while new major facilities are constructed. Suwon may have decided it could afford to lose Mom 'n Pop's store for a few months but not to shut the Samsung factory.</p> <p>I don't believe for a minute, however, that with almost 50 billion won at stake to share the cost of construction Samsung would have been completely "hands-off" in the planning process. That beggars the imagination.</p> It doesn’t necessarily have to be a conspiracy. This is, after all, a very crowded place.

City of Suwon may simply have done a “balancing test” between the supposed economic value of the Samsung properties and the others that were sacrificed to make way for the road. In the photo, it appears the Samsung facilities are right up to the roadway, which means to take some of the Samsung land would necessitate evacuation of those buildings (just like the residences and small businesses making way) and suspension of operations while new major facilities are constructed. Suwon may have decided it could afford to lose Mom ‘n Pop’s store for a few months but not to shut the Samsung factory.

I don’t believe for a minute, however, that with almost 50 billion won at stake to share the cost of construction Samsung would have been completely “hands-off” in the planning process. That beggars the imagination.

]]> By: The Goat http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97073 The Goat Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:19:37 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97073 Very interesting...although not all that surprising considering the bizarre and indecipherable relationship between the chaebol and the government. Welcome. Very interesting…although not all that surprising considering the bizarre and indecipherable relationship between the chaebol and the government.

Welcome.

]]> By: Andy Jackson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97057 Andy Jackson Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:15:43 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97057 That does explain things. Welcome on board. That does explain things.

Welcome on board.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97047 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:48:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/18/the-tale-of-the-samsung-road/#comment-97047 Wow, that explains a few things. I've come across similar z-shaped roads and intersections in Korea and I've always wondered how someone could make such a simple error. It never occurred to me that it might have been intentional. Wow, that explains a few things. I’ve come across similar z-shaped roads and intersections in Korea and I’ve always wondered how someone could make such a simple error. It never occurred to me that it might have been intentional.

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