A Review of my Apartments

[MCheetah]

Just a review of my previous homes I've lived in. I've lived in six places since 2015.
One near downtown Philly.
A decently sized officetel in Daejeon, South Korea.
A hostel while temporarily in Gwangjin, Seoul.
A 19 sq. m. closet unit in Jamsil, Seoul.
A spacious officetel unit in Songpa, Seoul.
And a so-so/mediocre apartment right now, as of late 2021.
Here are four of them highlighted here.

Apartment: My apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Three roommates/friends there. Two males, one female.
Location: Four bedroom, two bathroom apartment in Spring Garden, near downtown Philadelphia. (Decent area, given the crappy city.) The third floor, the top floor.
Rent: Cheap; $350 a month individually ($1400 total).
Space: Pretty decent living space and okay bedroom space.
Rating: 7 out of 10.

I really liked this place, but there were better apartments around. The apartment was great, but it was near impossible to get a decent job in Philadelphia. This apartment was just one mile north of City Hall, the center of Philadelphia. Had I had a woman, I could arguably walk from downtown, back to my place. I also lived near Chinatown, and was only two blocks away from a brothel nearby as well. I had three roommates here because I was dirt poor back in Philly. I was in college and only worked on the weekends, so I couldn't afford the rent, plus utilities, on my own. The roommates sucked and it reminded me why I shouldn't move in with people. The apartment was nice, but that city was a sh*thole.

FOUR-BEDROOM PHILLY APARTMENT

Apartment: My first Korean apartment, in Daejeon, South Korea.
Location: An okay neighborhood, but pretty much nowhere in this town is interesting to live in. The 7th floor, out of 14.
Rent: Medium-high (but I lived here for free).
Space: Pretty decent living space and okay bedroom space.
Rating: 8 out of 10.

This was my first apartment coming here to South Korea. The job hooked me up pretty nice, even though it's kinda crap by North American standards; by Korean standards, it's considered upper tier. I thought this place was crap when I first moved in, because it was pretty much empty. I bought almost everything in this place myself, except the drawers and couch. The bed, the kitchen table, the chairs, the coffee table... I bought it all. The bathroom isn't that bad, either. The overall apartment is nice, but Daejeon is the Cleveland/Cincinnati of Korea, and just as boring/awful to live in.

UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS DAEJEON OFFICETEL

Apartment: My fourth Korean apartment, in Seoul, South Korea.
Location: Songpa, Seoul, very close to Lotte Tower (one of the tallest buildings in the world and tallest in South Korea). 14th floor; the top level.
Rent: Kinda high (but I lived here for free).
Space: Awesome for Seoul, and good anywhere else, too.
Rating: 8 out of 10.

I spent seven weeks living at a place in Gwangjin, Seoul; December 2020 and early January 2021. It was small and cramped, so I won't talk about it here. AFTER THAT place, however, I lived in a temporary housing unit in Jamsil, from January to the end of February 2021, with my new third job here in Korea.

And after that, I was finally able to move into this apartment, in March 2021. This officetel apartment, located in Songpa, the southeast part of Seoul, was awesome, and this was my dream location as well, as I always wanted to live in this neighborhood. I lived here from March 1st, 2021 to September 1st, 2021. The job I had kinda sucked, although I've had worse. But the location, living in Seoul, and the size of the officetel unit, was awesome. The last owners also left behind a pretty great fridge, as well. The building itself, outside of the apartment, kinda sucked, though. The lobby was dirty, the maintenance staff was lazy and unhelpful, and the utilities were kind of high. I WISH I could've stayed here, but I had a falling out with the horrible manager of my last job. And since the job paid for the place and set up the paperwork, I had to leave. I never even managed to buy an actual bed here and spent the whole time sleeping on the floor. It wouldn't matter anyway, because my next job would be nowhere near this place. I HATED having to leave.

MODEST, OPEN-SPACED, TOP-FLOOR SONGPA OFFICETEL

Apartment: My fifth Korean apartment, in Seongnam, South Korea.
Location: Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea.
Rent: Medium priced (but I lived here for free). The 10th floor, out of 20.
Space: Medium-small sized.
Rating: 5 out of 10.

This is the current place I'm at now. And honestly, I'm not a fan of it. But it's three blocks away from the school, and takes two minutes by bicycle. The apartment is 29 square meters (317 square feet), just like the last two places I was at. But the space is poorly disturbed and the kitchen, kitchen sink, and bathroom sinks are in the middle of the apartment. The way the apartment is shaped is weird. I bought this mattress myself online for $200, but it's too soft, meaning I can't get any good sleep on it. Also preventing me from getting any good sleep is the fact that I live on the 10th floor, with OBNOXIOUS ASSHOLES directly above me, always making noises and stomping around at 2 and 3am. They are horrible sh*tty neighbors. My job pays for everything, but the lease to this place is up and March and I'm going to pick a better place to live in, once March 2022 arrives.

TENTH FLOOR ODD APARTMENT BELOW HORRIBLE NEIGHBORS

[Nomoturtle]

These all look like pretty nice places to me. Been to Soeul a couple times, great city.

Yeah I used to have a kid living above, ran around all the time. Will have the detached house one day.

[Stoner710]

looks nice personally i perfect japan