Don't Mess With These Geezers in Guro Gu 🇰🇷

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🌎 : GURO DISTRICT, SEOUL (6.9/10)
Unbeknownst to us, Guro is full of communist. Some like to get day drunk and flex their muscles, others enjoy dancing in the street like hippies. We got involved in all the action throughout the district and steered clear of the dangerous dog eating Daerim neighborhood. #seoul #southkorea
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[@iGoBart]

Always fun exploring Seoul with you Dan!

[@whereisdan]

Cheers lad!

[@huracan787]

@@whereisdan T̝h̝a̝n̝k̝s̝ 👌🏼👍🏼✌🏼😎☮️

[@Afiwiki]

hahha i was going to write that same hahaha yeah @whereisdan always brings good histories

[@bipolarman9246]

Daniel, been binge watching your clips.. and realized you're a serious Korean lover. You must fill 100k, I'm with you man!

[@whereisdan]

We'll get there next year hopefully!! Thanks for watching all my videos!! :D

[@MenuMcBlue]

Those guys UDT ,Underwater Destruction Team,or sth like that. Must have had tons of traumatic experience during their service ,those generation, some do not adapt to society well. Drinking. Live by labour works,etc.Those people are not too dangerous as long as you don't provoke them ,usually. Nazi symbol and Budhist temple mark are not identical, each runs toward opposite direction,FYI. Loved this video,too.

[@whereisdan]

Thanks for the info and support mate! :D

[@rekapeligros94]

I've binge watched a lot of your videos during this days and i reckon your content is one of the most fun to watch, really entertaining. I very much enjoyed it. Keep up this great work. And this video is banging as well as with the rest of them. Greetings from Spain Dan!

[@whereisdan]

Hey mate thanks very much for taking your time to enjoy my videos!! :D Gracias

[@davidvanmol5199]

Another awesome video. I also follow Bart’s channel. Nice to see you guys together.

[@whereisdan]

good to hear that mate! :D

[@bsjdnsk]

It is true that Koreans dislike Chinese people, but the perception that Daelim-dong is dangerous is not just for that reason. There are Chinatowns in Incheon, Konkuk University, and Dongdaemun, and there are Chinese residential areas near Korea University and Kyunghee University, but there is no perception that these places are dangerous. Daerim has long been a place famous for violent crimes, including several murders by Korean-Chinese gangs. The movie made based on this is Crime City. Although it has become much safer now, the perception that it is dangerous still remains, as murder cases are reported almost every year. Although it was not Daelim, the two torso-cutting murders by Korean-Chinese in Suwon, which had become a slum, caused the perception of Korean-Chinese, which was originally unfavorable, to deteriorate significantly. If you search for 수원 토막 살인 사건 , you will find it. The reasons for hating Chinese people and Korean-Chinese people are slightly different. The reason people hate Chinese people is because of cultural and political reasons. For example, the Northeast Project. In order to integrate Korean-Chinese people, it has become increasingly common to claim that all traditional Korean culture is Chinese culture. The reason why people hate Korean-Chinese people is because, in addition to the violent crimes mentioned above, they are now the largest group that commits various fraudulent crimes such as voice phishing.

[@whereisdan]

koreans like everyone

[@charlesberkeley6429]

Love the channel, Dan. Missing Seoul right about now. I think I might have to come visit soon. Your uploads are a great bit of nostalgia for me.

[@jt2475]

For me as well. I lived in Seoul from 97-02 in Hannam-dong and would love to go back one day, until then these videos take me back. When we’re u there?

[@charlesberkeley6429]

@@jt2475 I was all over Seoul from 2006-2010 and again from 2013-2020 in Ilsan.

[@whereisdan]

Glad I can help you reminisce mate ! I miss living there, it's great isn't it!

[@charlesberkeley6429]

@@whereisdan One of the most interesting places on earth despite its warts. Gotta love it! So, Dan, you aren't living in Seoul these days then? I assumed you were a teacher escaping the E2 matrix via KZbin, nah? Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@govegan562]

for that older man to do those push ups on his thumbs was extremely impressive

[@whereisdan]

he was using alcohol power!

[@govegan562]

@@whereisdan lol probably a mix of experience and eating a lot of vegetables

[@xenojiiva9906]

That's really great I like the way you're exploring you're delivered so important information for the people who wants to visit Korea keep it up man

[@whereisdan]

thank you very much for your positivity mate

[@arottie4097]

Hey Dan, thanx for taking us on yet another great Korean adventure! Your interaction with the locals is awesome!! Are you living in Korea in The Now?

[@whereisdan]

I'm not living in Korea now, I used to! Now i'm back in england earning money and saving up for the next trip!

[@Petra_Fort]

I stayed 2 week in May in AirB&B right next to Guro Digital Complex and it didn’t seem to be dangerous at all.. I explored all the neighbourhoods around such as Daerim-dong, Guro-dong & Garibong-dong even at night mostly alone and it was completely fine. I got few looks because of my tattoos from ajummas but that was it 😅. I was actually suprised how lively it was and had some of the best meals in those areas 🙌🏻.. My friends who live in Seoul their whole life warned me about the area as lot of Chinese live there. But honestly I felt so safe in comparison with London, almost impossible to compare tbh. Great video 😊

[@whereisdan]

I met some gangsters in yeongdungpo! that video will be really good!! :D

[@Petra_Fort]

@@whereisdan uuuuuu exited to see that one 🙌🏻

[@doug2731]

I've been here for ten years! You whippersnappers make me feel old! BaCk in My DaY we didn't have Papago or Naver Maps! Heck, Kakao Talk was barely even a thing back then... And of course we walked uphill both ways barefoot in the snow!

[@whereisdan]

10 years! Im envious!! How the hell'd you communicate with people WITHOUT the internet!!

[@user-nr5kq5dr1y]

어디서 봤더라 했더니 ~참전용사 유가족에게 봉사활동 하시는 분이구나 대단하시는 분들 '' 고생이 많습니다~ 당신에 삶에 경의를 표합니다

[@whereisdan]

thanks

[@bestiaccia]

23:53 The graceful dance of the ajummas, with the passing ajumma on her yakultmobile, is pure poetry.

[@whereisdan]

That clip summarises south korea.

[@huracan787]

Awesome video mate great job ones again what's the name of your friends channel didn't catch it 👌🏼👍🏼✌🏼☮️

[@iGoBart]

iGoBart😃

[@huracan787]

Thanks 👌🏼👍🏼✌🏼

[@huracan787]

@@iGoBart 👌🏼👍🏼✌🏼

[@invention4401]

The little boy on his bike said "Why do you apologize?" A very fascinating video! inspired a lot.

[@whereisdan]

we almost got into a fight with him ...

[@Ipromiseyounobodyismad]

I plan on traveling to Korea thanks to your videos

[@whereisdan]

HELLLLLSzzz effing yes!!

[@jjandorliadul]

My girlfriend across the room just made fun of me for chortling and shoveling the leafy greens of a salad into my mouth while watching the scene with the inebriated ajoshis. On another note, there's an aspect about working class Korean men that I've always found a bit endearing - is that there is an unguardedness towards foreigners (due to being such a safe country no less), a willingness to engage in silly behavior for sake of entertainment. Much like how they were in awe at your mustache and Bart's size, I'm 197cm (6'5) and I've had grown adult Korean ajoshi's marvel at my height. Random grown workers have walked on their tip toes alongside me or extend their arms all the way up with their hand bent perpindicular to visually mark the top of my head. Granted though, a lot of Korean "Volks" humor is sort of slap-sticky and aided by alcohol anyway.

[@whereisdan]

You enjoy those leafy greens lad! That's why i'm always interacting with the older generation, as they don't have a guard up like the young superficial ones.

[@johngoodwyn8246]

Great 1 Dan what is the Dutch guy's u-2 ?

[@iGoBart]

iGoBart👋

[@user-tw5wx9uw9b]

7:17 Onyang, Chungnam. Onyang is the name of a neighborhood in Chungcheongnam-do(in short, Chungnam).

[@whereisdan]

thank you very much!! :D

[@diggeridoo_5458]

The first one here! Great to see a new one! Let's gu :)

[@whereisdan]

LET'S GU! Thanks for tuning in and commenting! :D

[@Unsub-Me-Now]

My trip in Korea ended and I am back to the states. . .i miss it already

[@whereisdan]

damn dude i bet that flew by for ya!

[@EllisWR]

Commenting again mate because this is criminal should have 100k views. Instead I'm seeing videos on YT of people eat 10 donuts from a chain and pretending they are amazing ffs. Need to take you to Blackburn town centre meet some of the biggest characters of your life

[@whereisdan]

Or people filming them eating a pizza and saying NOTHING and it gets 12 million views. silly innit.

[@929Finn]

I remember trying to take a picture of one of the shops near the Gurodong-ro and Uma-gil intersection and this older guy stood right in front of my camera and kept blocking me when I tried to get another angle. Other than that really great area, especially for Chinese food alonside Daerim.

[@whereisdan]

how weird he would do that haha

[@929Finn]

@@whereisdan yeah idk what was up with that lol maybe it was a front or something 😅

[@jemils]

Lets Gu 🔥

[@whereisdan]

let's gu !

[@doug2731]

Also are we sure Bart isnt just a Dutch Tyson Fury?

[@whereisdan]

he's taller than him!

[@Sam-S50]

what camera do you use?

[@whereisdan]

gopro hero 7

[@EllisWR]

Spot on travel content on youtube nowadays is just soo boring repeat after repeat why are people so bland. Gets the views though which is the worst part. Your out here making top stuff like look at these for adventures ahah.

[@whereisdan]

When we collabing lad? I'm in UK

[@EllisWR]

@@whereisdan I'd bloody love to mate if weren't over in Asia.

[@Zachydoodoo28363]

Your mate seems like a cool guy - does he speak Korean and Chinese?

[@whereisdan]

he speaks korean, english and dutch

[@user-tw5wx9uw9b]

Kakao map is much fun than Naver map!

[@whereisdan]

i agree!!

[@highflyingstone2616]

I tell you. Guro-Gu and Guemcheon-Gu are the two most dangerous districts in Seoul. Especially Daerim and Garibong are very very dangerous

[@whereisdan]

i met a lot of interesting people in these areas!

[@peacew6]

7:50 Korean LinkedIn. Nice.

[@whereisdan]

super linked in lad!

[@triumph2173]

39:24 Queen Elizabeth visited South Korea in 1999. She said 이희호, a wife of the president 김대중 at that time. I guess because she said the queen visited her university, she graduated 이화여자대학교!

[@whereisdan]

Yes she went to 이화여자대학교! I love the architecture of that building!!

[@zombi3king24]

eel is amazing tbh had it with sushi, the amount of drinking ur doing xD this is comedy, he should chill xD on the pushups about to get drafted again if they see this video xD they are very high rated in the seal :O thumb pushups yeah cries in overweight xD gotcha i go to korea and buy a truck full of Makgeolli to give out xD funny how she brought it up xD yes a very misunderstood symbol thanks to ww2. are the jeosonjok treated as outsiders?? ah que padre hasta saben Espaniol :O im studying Korean with the Yonsei University books really hard :C also when he was talking in about the youtube thing that street was in a movie and show if im correct seen that area and street before could be wrong but fun lil fact. that kid was ready to scrap xD she was very pleasant:D will check out the bud too ya two are great to watch :D

[@whereisdan]

hiya

[@Composer_LeJ]

I love your video but you need to separate East and west side of Guro. Mid Town would be Shindorim. Most of west and middle area are safe and the east side also is getting safe nowadays. thanks for the great video!

[@whereisdan]

ahh thanks for the info mate

[@richardrobison]

Why is it strange to study Chinese in Korea. In the 80s you had to know Chinese characters to read the newspaper. It's like studying Latin in Europe

[@whereisdan]

thats so cool!!

[@bcm513]

You should have tagged your mate and his channel in the description.

[@whereisdan]

he's tagged!! :D and was also tagged in the into

[@vkfkstpdqj]

영국을 모르는 한국 사람 처음이라고 의아해 하는 부분 재미있네. 댄이 조선족 아닌가 했는데 네덜란드 친구가 조선족이면 왜 중국어를 공부하겠어라고 반문하는 부분 웃긴다 ㅎㅎ

[@whereisdan]

ne

[@nosida7312]

yessss

[@whereisdan]

yayyyyy

[@legorockstar2000]

Man, as an American who lives in the 2nd highest state for murder/homicide this looks like a nice neighborhood! Definitely not as dangerous as my city but I would assume you should just use common sense and caution in these types of places. Definitely not going to be ducking from gun shots like I would in my hometown.

[@whereisdan]

I made some videos in America as well, maybe i was in your city?

[@legorockstar2000]

@@whereisdanI will have to check them out and see! Definitely enjoy the content though! Edit: Yep you did visit! Haven't watched yet but I am sure you did a good video on it!

[@neuner4091]

Danke fürs mitnehmen und Grüße aus Österreich.

[@whereisdan]

nein

[@neuner4091]

ja

[@justicegenesis6726]

korean oldman ~

[@whereisdan]

they're great!

[@thenamin]

우리는 Kensington 처럼 마약을 먹을순 없지만, 술을 밖에서 먹는 할아버지들이 많다.

[@whereisdan]

ne

[@JENNYLEEWORLD]

Low birth rates in Korea and Japan differences. Koreans are social and love friends and relationships. It's a trend to have bf/gf in Korea. But many couples hold off marriage and children until later. When having children becomes a trend in Korea problem solved. But in Japan everyone are loners. Most are single and have no friends and are shy and avoid friendships and conversations. Most Japanese prefer not to speak more than a sentence. Avoids social settings. Silence preferred. Even if Japanese people wanted marriage and children they can't because they have no social skills to form relationships. It's not about long working hours etc etc high costs. It's all about the culture and society and personality of the people. Japanese are just shy have no social skills and relationships with other humans. Which is guaranteed population collapse.

[@nathancasey7712]

You bring up a good point but I don't think Korea's low birth rate is just a "trend". There's legitimate things like economy, housing, lack of hope for the future etc etc

[@Grahamcracker6366]

Dangerous because of Chinese? 😂What a comment to make! 🤦‍♀️

[@whereisdan]

Blame the Chinese!! Poor chinese, they've probably done nothing wrong!!

[@happydrawing7309]

In Daerim-dong, there are occasional incidents of violence, including stabbings, involving Chinese, which is why it is considered dangerous.

[@gkfrpdjqtsmsep]

나치때문에 불교의 상징에는 민감한 서양인들이...정작 일본의 전범기는 무감각하지...

[@whereisdan]

ne

[@redacted5035]

0:06 "dongs"? You mean "communists" ? 😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@nosida7312]

not correct

[@redacted5035]

@@nosida7312 yeah you're right, the full correct term for communist is in fact "dingdong"

[@whereisdan]

The correct term in dongbats*

[@little.rascal.]

Day drinking with the local drunks!!!

[@whereisdan]

what more could i ask for in life?

[@TravisJMcLeod]

The other guy in the video is @iGoBart

[@whereisdan]

yeah he's a good lad!

[@BBallantine223]

Life on the edge… of a gu

[@whereisdan]

Nice

[@cJeremy]

the crazy thing is those old drunk guys are not communists but they're right wing conservatives like the MAGA americans. in south korea, there's a super fine line between conservatism and authoritarianism sadly.

[@whereisdan]

didn''t know that!! cheers lad