🗺️Seoul's "County Town Feel" Discussion｜Breaking the stereotype, have you got the multifaceted charm of this city?

Recently I saw someone say online that "Seoul is like a county town". This was surprising at first, but when I thought about it carefully, I found it quite interesting - because this city does have a unique temperament of "contradiction and harmony". As a tourist who has traveled to Seoul many times, I want to talk to you about my "atypical Seoul"👇 🌆 Why is there a "county town feeling"? These images are key ▪️ Old apartments and high-rise buildings coexist When you walk out of the subway station, you can often see brick-red apartment buildings in the 1990s style, with densely packed air-conditioning units hanging on the walls, but when you turn a corner you suddenly see a modern business building with glass curtain walls. This picture of "overlapping times" looks very much like the street scenes of third- and fourth-tier cities in China. ▪️ The bustling atmosphere of the traditional market In Gwangjang Market and Namdaemun Market, mothers serve spicy rice cakes on iron plates, uncles on motorcycles deliver goods through the crowded streets, and stalls are piled with colorful fabrics and groceries - the strong atmosphere of life does lack the sense of distance of an "international metropolis." ▪️ Small but exquisite community business Compared to the grandeur of Shanghai's Nanjing Road and Tokyo's Ginza, Seoul's "liveliness" is hidden in the alleys: two-story independent coffee shops, vintage stores with narrow storefronts, and family restaurants with the aroma of Korean barbecue wafting from upstairs, giving people a sense of intimacy as if they were "strolling along a county pedestrian street." 🌟 But this is the soul of Seoul: exquisiteness and fireworks coexist #Seoul Itinerary