When its populaton isn't growing and everyone / well most people live a good standard of life?

Is it upgrades to aprtments form houses?

When will it stop like uk has?

When its populaton isn't growing and everyone / well most people live a good standard of life?

Is it upgrades to aprtments form houses?

When will it stop like uk has?

well...we will never stop(maybe..):D

Leave the houses for europe and na, thats not our style :)

not for a long time I suppose. Let alone other things, if you look at the current trend of residential redevelopment, the thousands of existing commieblocks will be redeveloped into taller ones, perhaps with better design. Why do we keep building highrise apartments? Bear in mind that S Korea's population density is one of the highest in the world and land is scarce (70% of its land is mountainous). We need lots of highrise apartments to accommodate our population. Also high property value especially in Seoul metro will push developers to build tall.

Whether or not the population is still growing, the number of households is increasing, which is what really matters. I.e., there is a growing number of young people who are entering the work force, and looking for a house. Also, the traditional arrangement of the extended family living together is breaking down, leading to more households.

Another reason, as someone said, is that the lower-quality housing from the 1970s and even the 1980s is no longer attractive for many people.

One more reason here: rising affluence leads to a demand for better housing, which in Asia also means living higher. Unlike in the US or Europe, the way to escape from pollution and noise is to go up, not away from the cities.

And one more reason: "build it and they will come." Korea has a tremendous construction sector, which needs to build more in order to survive. And so it creates (and lobbies the government for) encouragements for people to move to high-rises. It's like the highway building lobby in the US keeping pressure on the government to encourage people to keep using the car.

Finally, the exodus from the countryside to the cities continues, leading to greater demand in the urban areas.

Hi, im new here...

I am going to Korea for a years worth of vacation soon. Mostly staying in Kang Nung, Sok Cho, and DaeJeon. Hopefully I will get a chance to go around Seoul as well, but I have no family there.

It's amazing how Korea has advanced so quickly...don't you agree?

Hi, im new here...

I am going to Korea for a years worth of vacation soon. Mostly staying in Kang Nung, Sok Cho, and DaeJeon. Hopefully I will get a chance to go around Seoul as well, but I have no family there.

It's amazing how Korea has advanced so quickly...don't you agree?

한국분이신가요? Are you a Korean?
쌍수들어 환영합니다! WELCOME!

Yes I am Korean...

Yi Dong Min my full name...

I don't have Korean font sorry...

Yes I am Korean...

Yi Dong Min my full name...

I don't have Korean font sorry...

Ahhh,,,,,,,I smelled it from your first post by instinct.
You are warmly welcomed here
Ooooooooooooooooooopen-armed!!!!! :)

Same thing what infatar said!!! You are welcomed here and i hope you come here frequently :colgate:

Anybody here in Korea as we speak? Where at?

I will be in Sok Cho, Kang Nung, and DaeJeon most the time hopefully.

It'll be a few months before I take off, because I am 18 they will make me join the Korean army, so I have to get papers done. Im going to Korea to be a English tutor :)