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guide, steward, local cousin for renting your home in Korea

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Wow.. Rajo.. he was 10 year old then I was living in Lakey briefly. The kid was shredding ruthlessly. I remember one day the boys were talking about Mason Ho as a freak nature having visited a week before, Rajo goes, “Do you guys think Mason is good? I don’t really think so.” And we were all shocked by that. 5 years later Rajo has become the Padang Padang Cup winner. Congrats, and lembo ade!

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I thought Hangangno had a clean housing DNA, until I took a deep look at Ichon. 이촌 is a true premium residential hood.

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Telegram all the way but.. I just cant get off Kakao because of my parents.

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@CosmicDude3000 Only thing misisng to me is the worldclass surf breaks

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Been taking sailing lessons with my wife. Feels like 17 again.

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Hangangno = urban family habitat in central Seoul

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Run the runway. Dont rush to escape it.

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"How do I eliminate uncertainty?"
or
"How do I meet uncertainty?"

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They think:
I need enough time to find the home.

I think:
you need enough time to become the person who can recognize it.

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They're valuable though because they create temporary ground where the system doesn't like to torelerate it.

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In Bali, there are countless villas and guesthouses where you can comfortably stay for 3–6 months. No deposit. You unpack.

Korea has far fewer products in that middle space between accommodation and home. If there is, they usually come with some defects or high premium.

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@ronaldlangeveld One stoked grom there!

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Don't let the listings choose your neighborhood.

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Can I cherish this space long enough to let what’s unfolding actually unfold

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In Hannam, there’s ‘expensive.’
There’s ‘high-end.’
And then there’s UN Village. 😂

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Field sketch.

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1/3 of all unique wolse offers (343) in Hannam (on Naver) ask ₩10M+ rent per month! That is WILD.

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People didn't first decide let's create a luxury market.
The terrain (natural and manmade forces) constrained what could be built.
Then what was built constrained the market.
Then the market influenced who arrived.

Hannam-dong is the next piece of the If You Lived Here series.

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can't solve a search market (matching market) problem by calculation. Calibration does it. Throw the first ball. Then "more of that" and "less of that." That's how you hit the cup.

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Love this Korean expression: 면을 익히다 (learning the face) and 면이 있다 (the face’s been registered). Like everybody running their systems.