Shopping

One of the things that I've found interesting here in Korea is the number of small shops and street vendors. Walking out from my apartment there's a little corner shop where I frequently buy small items and heading up the street there's a bakery, dry cleaners, hair place, butchershop, another hair place, and home HomePlus Express (small chain store) and a bunch of little restaurants and take out places. This is a somewhat busier street near my place.

There are also many fruit and vegetable stands. Some are just a few bins of fruit or vegetables others, like this one, are larger.

All this helps make for a busy and bustling street life something one does not see much of in the United States where most small stores have moved to malls of one form or another. This may be because the US is oriented towards the automobile and Korea is still oriented towards pedestrians and public transportation.