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Three-quarters of people who live in Seoul think of the city as their hometown, and many are staying despite having to get in to debt because of punishing housing costs. In a poll conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government in October last year of 20,000 households and released Tuesday, 76.6 percent responded that they think of Seoul as their hometown. Nearly half of the respondents, or 49.7 percent, said that they are in debt, 72.2 percent of them due to buying or renting their home.
The happiness index rose by 0.1 point from last year to 6.58 out of 10. The job satisfaction rate was especially high among those in their 20s and 30s with 42.4 percent, with the overall percentage of people satisfied with their current job at 37.8 percent. Asked if they would want to live in Seoul 10 years on, 69 percent said yes.
The satisfaction index with the housing environment was 5.84 points, and with the social environment 5.27. The economic and educational environment received lower scores with 4.96 points. As for public transport, the subway received 6.31 points, and bus and taxi got 6.03 and 5.2 points.
About 71.1 percent of the respondents said they are making an investment of some sort to increase their asset, and 53.5 percent said they would foremostly cut down spending on clothing and shoes in times of inflation. On average, each household owns 1.19 computers and 2.6 cell phones, and spends an average of W145,000 on telecommunication per month.
In a poll of 1,000 foreigners living in Seoul, the satisfaction rate for tourism services increased by 0.26 points compared to last year to 6.7 points. Foreigners thought major sites were better marked in foreign languages than last year, with the score jumping to 5.69 points, up 0.6 points. Some 73.1 percent of foreigners felt living in Seoul was expensive.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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