Comments on: Pyeong-ing away http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: globalvillageidiot http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101355 globalvillageidiot Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:56:11 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101355 The unit of measurement issue is silly. Not as silly as dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars on a poorly designed and cheaply built shoe box-sized home in not-so-beautiful Daechi-dong, but pretty silly. The unit of measurement issue is silly. Not as silly as dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars on a poorly designed and cheaply built shoe box-sized home in not-so-beautiful Daechi-dong, but pretty silly.

]]> By: austin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101354 austin Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:50:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101354 Try getting Americans to use Meters instead of feet, or Kilograms instead of Pounds. If you can't get Americans to catch up with the rest of the world, then it ain't gonna happen in Korea. Try getting Americans to use Meters instead of feet, or Kilograms instead of Pounds. If you can’t get Americans to catch up with the rest of the world, then it ain’t gonna happen in Korea.

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101353 dda Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:39:49 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101353 <blockquote>So I guess the message from the government is we can USE pyeong, just not speak its name. Silly government laws.</blockquote> Well, look at the first sentence of this farticle: <blockquote>The national average apartment price is more than eight million won per 3.3 square meters (1 pyeong).</blockquote> You *can* speak its name -- just between parens. Make that *very* silly law... ;-)

So I guess the message from the government is we can USE pyeong, just not speak its name. Silly government laws.

Well, look at the first sentence of this farticle:

The national average apartment price is more than eight million won per 3.3 square meters (1 pyeong).

You *can* speak its name — just between parens. Make that *very* silly law… ;-)

]]> By: austin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101352 austin Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:38:57 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101352 4 million per 3.3m for an aprtment that is absolute CRAPOLA!!!. Wallpaper stuck straight on concrete (No Plaster Walls), tiles not glued down properly, crap stinky plumbing, no allocated parking, crap design, no outside rendering, floors with no underlay. This is why I rent. Only an idiot would pay top dollar for such crappo el cheapo workmanship 4 million per 3.3m for an aprtment that is absolute CRAPOLA!!!. Wallpaper stuck straight on concrete (No Plaster Walls), tiles not glued down properly, crap stinky plumbing, no allocated parking, crap design, no outside rendering, floors with no underlay. This is why I rent. Only an idiot would pay top dollar for such crappo el cheapo workmanship

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101350 SomeguyinKorea Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:25:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101350 Woops, didn't read the rest of the article. 4 million won per pyeong for the rest of Korea. Woops, didn’t read the rest of the article. 4 million won per pyeong for the rest of Korea.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101349 SomeguyinKorea Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:24:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/13/pyeong-ing-away/#comment-101349 Well, considering the apartment prices in Kyeonggi are grossly inflated, it would be probably about 4.5-6 million won per pyeong for the rest of Korea. Well, considering the apartment prices in Kyeonggi are grossly inflated, it would be probably about 4.5-6 million won per pyeong for the rest of Korea.

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