To be fair, a lot of the Asian cities are relative latecomers to the subway game compared to Europe/New York, so have the advantage of newer technology and past experiences to draw on without having to retrofit old stock. In 50 years time, African cities will probably have the best subways.
When i was younger, i traveled a lot... but to outdoor places, enjoying the natural beauty. As i got older, i became fascinated more with the cities and cultures, trying to figure out what works and why when it comes to living with one another. This video is a great example of that. If we're building or expanding a mass transit system, we need to learn what works and what doesn't. Thanks for the video!
I lived in Korea for a year as a US soldier and the subway was one of the big reasons I fell in love with Korea. That was over 20 years ago. I still regard Seoul as my home away from home.
The fact that no one sits on the pregnant people seat even if there's no one who is pregnant there . Definitely not in the subways in my country like people refuse to get up even if there is actually someone pregnant
Most people don’t do, but I have seen some instances where ahjussis will come sit there. Older people occasionally sits there as well. Depending on how long their trip will be. But people will actually move out of the seat if there is someone pregnant. However, if they’re not sitting at the pregnant seat, then people will most likely not move as it has the first come first serve system.
People sit in those seats all the time. I've seen plenty of ahjusshis in them and I'm always thinking "Oh when is your due date sir?" The Korean government/ hospitals/doctors? (I actually don't know which issues rhem) give pregnant people special like. It looks like a luggage tag that they can put it on their bag and show "yes I can sit here" When my friend was pregnant she always made sure it was visible when she was sitting. But yeah tons of people will sit in those seats. Usually they will vacate them once a pregnant person boards tho. But not always.
I am sure u have visited Europe. I visited Ukraine, Kiev during the times of the Soviet Union.. I must say their train subways are simply beautiful and squeaky clean . Every stop are announced in Russian, Ukrainian and English language . Walking through each station is so esthetically pleasing . They have vending machines where u can change money, drink delicious flavors of seltzer's water . On every station you can find very friendly Train personnel . To get a ride u have to pay 5 cents aka 5 kopeek .
@@kokodoll If I remembered correctly, I think it’s until late March or early April. But the heating is just there. It feels nice. I noticed that there was a machine under the chairs and it also releases warm air through the grills under the seats to warm your legs.
All I see is very well organized, clean, and beautiful train station' s subway . In the U.S. the interiors are simply depressing , run down, and one can distinctly smell urine and rodents . Have I also mention too many eccentric people? You are so lucky living in S. Korea. 👍
@@jeenie.weenie Yours is not an unique experience. On any given day at least two lines are shut down for repairs, every car of every train smells of piss (the whole city smells of piss, you just get noseblind after two hours), and the obnoxious train buskers that start breakdancing in the middle of the train make me want to commit homicide, which I suppose makes me an even more typical New Yorker. I've heard New York in the 90s under Giuliani was much cleaner and orderly, but I never got to experience it.
I was at Seoul Korea for a few hours for a layover once, and the people there are so sweet. In the bathrooms, the sinks are non-touch (which is good) but I am big dumb and often get confused whenever I have to wash my hands, and the people there always try EVERY single sink for one that works. I swear Koreans are the kindest people on the planet.
The Seoul subway system has come a long way in a very short time. Not having to take the village bus anymore to get to the national rail subway at Shinseoldong was already huge for me. To be fair each of these innovations come originally from the various Tokyo subways, but I enjoy them all. 😊
I’m Korean and coincidentally I was travelling by the underground in London for the first time ever. I couldn’t help but compare egging to the Korean subway systems bc THEY ARE SO CONVENIENT. the underground was so small and tight and confusing and overly warm. It just made me miss Korea even more
@@Cloudyallday i am a korean and i used that username becuase i have been living abroad for most my life. i missed my home country and have been quite loving my country as i never got to fully experience normal life there. so please don't accuse me of lying becuase i am not and you cannot find any proof that i am not korean. i can also not find any proof i am korean but all i can say is i am and u can choose to believe it or not
Brazil's São Paulo subway system is pretty good, they're one of the cleanest of the world, but the Seoul's system looks more organized, I hope I can visit Korea and try it!!
The metro/train/public transport system in the Netherlands is better when it comes to bikes, but probably lacks a little on the other things. Overall it is pretty good but it can definitely learn a thing or two from Korean or japanese systems i think.
Korea used to have super fast escalator. And than accident happen a lot bc of it.(ppl always walk over there.+ Some old ppl cant step out fast enough. And it cause accident too.) So they change it. + elevator is also slow. You cant push close botton. (Simiral reason.) The city i live dosent have subway tho. Its train and bus only.
NYC A disel train was idling in the subway for hours, filling it with diesel exhaust fumes while I waited forever for a train to come, it was deserted except for a few sketchy homeless guys. When the train came it was super loud and screechy and I felt way more depressed after the whole experience So like, worse than Korea's
Thank you for the video. Korea have transformed very rapidly from a Military style control government (back in 1982 when I first visited) to a dynamic open forward-thinking society today and will continue to do so. During one of the many drills for invasion (1982), public siren would wail, the military would usher us into underground shelters that have eateries, shops, minimarts and exit on to a different street. We spend about 20 to 30 minutes down there, but you don't feel it is an underground shelter at all - that had an impact on me what underground shelter should be. In a strange way, I do miss those drills because of the cooperation of the public in quickly leaving the surface for underground, we all were gone from the streets in under two minutes, literally.
Great thing about the free toilets in subways is Koreans, in general, seem to respect the community and keep such areas clean. In the UK any toilet on the Underground will look like a bomb site of waste
We at Delhi, India have all of these thing except the cycle thingy and vending machines but in lieu we have restaurant and fast food outlets at every major station and you can use your metro card, token and a debit or credit card.... And it almost never gets late and there's a whole coach reserved for women with helpdesks everywhere you go, there's police and the army for any threats and every coach has cctv and you can talk to the driver in case of emergency.... The washrooms are not Elite class but they are good and free.... There are coloured footsteps for different metro lines on the floor.....☺️
Oh my you have so many safety products!!! Besides every thing else! My corner of Cali doesn't even compare to what I've seen here! I doubt if its any better after leaving Cali 2years ago? They were extending the Metro purple line, USC area, when I moved out of state. Dang girl that's pretty awesome!
Ooohhh when I went to HK one time they had the same and I was soooo happy and satisfied that everyone would follow the rules thinking about other people 😍😍😍😍😍😍
I seond that! Korea subway stations are extremely clean! The bathrooms have both traditional squat or full toilet - clean and free! They have mini markets in the stations to shop! I'm considering taking up Korean to move there!
Jeenie, all your video's are atleast 1 year old, so happy that you are alive and well! in my country Australia, we have significant problem with Graffiti, it's everywhere in railway yards and rolling stock, could you make a video of the different punishments and penalties for Graffiti, antisocial behaviour in your country? would be interesting as in this country, punishment amounts to residing in a four star hotel, board and breakfast laid on.
I’m Korean and this video made me grateful for all the things here! Never really thought about how efficient the subway system is… Thanks for pointing it out :)
Here in Hong Kong, i’d say the subway systems are similar to seoul’s. Subways are cheap, efficient and almost everyone uses it here (which makes it very crowded). On platforms, we also have TVs which designate when a train arrives and which train carriage is crowded and which is empty.
✨a little about Ukrainian culture✨ our subways have stairs for ordinary people, but we have excavators instead of stairs! (I mean in the entrance to the metro there are stairs, and then there are excavators inside) we don't have such vending machines unfortunately :( there are naturally toilets there but only for the staff, that's all! (also, the Kiyv's metro is the biggest in Ukraine)
My city have just one line, 8 stops total, it's pretty clean and punctual but nothing more than that though, and probably you'll always find a seat because there aren't so many people in there 🤣
What is great about asia is you dont really need transportation. Everything you need is in walking distance with lots of momnpops, boutiques, cafes, pc bangs, open air vendors etc which makes it feel comfy cozy quaint townie even in major city.
I found the train systems in America to be completely crap as far as city lines go. Amtrak is actually very good, but it's for long treks between large cities. I took an Amtrak from Raleigh NC to Washington DC, and it was an extremely pleasant ride.
"How does your subway compare to Korea's?" It doesn't as a former NYer (but at least it runs 24/7) and current Chicagoan (it is connected to the airports but don't even get me started on the CTA).... *filling out visa applications to move out of US
I am in Philippines and I dont think I even have subways where I am from we get on May-busses ask for a ride from ppl with motorcycles e-bikes and taxi's
In Melbourne we got toilets at all underground stations and big stations, and some suburban stations - they're free to use, but cause it's public transport, they can be gross af We have vending machines, they're just dodgy and overpriced ($5.00 AUD for a bag of lollies) And all of our trains have priority seating near the train doors Only thing I wish we had was super organised directories telling you where to stand on the platform or where to walk in the station
No fair I’m jealous 😭
Same 😂
Nice
Me to😢
OK same tho girl
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I don't think anywhere compares with Asia's train systems!!!! They are just superior. It's on my bucket list to experience it one day ❤️
Pls go korea!!! So fun!!
Me too ❤
@@jeenie.weenie I definitely will
Pls don’t sayasia.. India’s trains are trash af
To be fair, a lot of the Asian cities are relative latecomers to the subway game compared to Europe/New York, so have the advantage of newer technology and past experiences to draw on without having to retrofit old stock. In 50 years time, African cities will probably have the best subways.
When i was younger, i traveled a lot... but to outdoor places, enjoying the natural beauty.
As i got older, i became fascinated more with the cities and cultures, trying to figure out what works and why when it comes to living with one another. This video is a great example of that. If we're building or expanding a mass transit system, we need to learn what works and what doesn't. Thanks for the video!
I lived in Korea for a year as a US soldier and the subway was one of the big reasons I fell in love with Korea. That was over 20 years ago. I still regard Seoul as my home away from home.
The fact that no one sits on the pregnant people seat even if there's no one who is pregnant there . Definitely not in the subways in my country like people refuse to get up even if there is actually someone pregnant
OH NO!!!!😭😭😭
Most people don’t do, but I have seen some instances where ahjussis will come sit there.
Older people occasionally sits there as well. Depending on how long their trip will be.
But people will actually move out of the seat if there is someone pregnant.
However, if they’re not sitting at the pregnant seat, then people will most likely not move as it has the first come first serve system.
People sit in those seats all the time. I've seen plenty of ahjusshis in them and I'm always thinking "Oh when is your due date sir?"
The Korean government/ hospitals/doctors? (I actually don't know which issues rhem) give pregnant people special like. It looks like a luggage tag that they can put it on their bag and show "yes I can sit here"
When my friend was pregnant she always made sure it was visible when she was sitting.
But yeah tons of people will sit in those seats. Usually they will vacate them once a pregnant person boards tho.
But not always.
People who have no sense of morality often sit in pink chairs😅
I am sure u have visited Europe. I visited Ukraine, Kiev during the times of the Soviet Union.. I must say their train subways are simply beautiful and squeaky clean . Every stop are announced in Russian, Ukrainian and English language . Walking through each station is so esthetically pleasing . They have vending machines where u can change money, drink delicious flavors of seltzer's water . On every station you can find very friendly Train personnel . To get a ride u have to pay 5 cents aka 5 kopeek .
@Mango's Sketches yes, Thank you 😂
@Mango's Sketches both spellings are correct
My favorite part is when the seats are heated during the winter.
It feels blissful.
I miss Korea already :’)
Wait heated seats? I learned something else to be excited for on my 3rd trip back.
@@kokodoll If I remembered correctly, I think it’s until late March or early April.
But the heating is just there. It feels nice. I noticed that there was a machine under the chairs and it also releases warm air through the grills under the seats to warm your legs.
All I see is very well organized, clean, and beautiful train station' s subway . In the U.S. the interiors are simply depressing , run down, and one can distinctly smell urine and rodents . Have I also mention too many eccentric people? You are so lucky living in S. Korea. 👍
I’m scared to go on subways in the USA. I had someone pee in same train in nyc 😂😂😂
@@jeenie.weenie 😂😂😂 welcome to the U.S. Jeenie , u are the genius of comedy . I am hooked now to your videos as they are hilarious 😂😂😂
@@jeenie.weenie Yours is not an unique experience. On any given day at least two lines are shut down for repairs, every car of every train smells of piss (the whole city smells of piss, you just get noseblind after two hours), and the obnoxious train buskers that start breakdancing in the middle of the train make me want to commit homicide, which I suppose makes me an even more typical New Yorker. I've heard New York in the 90s under Giuliani was much cleaner and orderly, but I never got to experience it.
난 한국에 사는 게 좋아 :)
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Why can’t we have these things universally?!😭
Because people in other countries will trash and abuse such things.
The reason north America doesn't have those, is due to botched city design, which focuses solely on cars.
Nice! In my travels to Korea/Japan, I always loved how much those two places have in common, their public transportation being among them!
I was at Seoul Korea for a few hours for a layover once, and the people there are so sweet. In the bathrooms, the sinks are non-touch (which is good) but I am big dumb and often get confused whenever I have to wash my hands, and the people there always try EVERY single sink for one that works. I swear Koreans are the kindest people on the planet.
The Seoul subway system has come a long way in a very short time. Not having to take the village bus anymore to get to the national rail subway at Shinseoldong was already huge for me. To be fair each of these innovations come originally from the various Tokyo subways, but I enjoy them all. 😊
Love you jeenie whenever you upload you make everyone's days soo much better ❤️
Have a nice day love ❤
@@jeenie.weenie you too
Same ❤
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I’ve have watched you since day one I am so proud of you jeenie!!!❤❤
I’m Korean and coincidentally I was travelling by the underground in London for the first time ever. I couldn’t help but compare egging to the Korean subway systems bc THEY ARE SO CONVENIENT. the underground was so small and tight and confusing and overly warm. It just made me miss Korea even more
No you're not korean. I mean what kinda korean make username like that?
@@Cloudyallday i am a korean and i used that username becuase i have been living abroad for most my life. i missed my home country and have been quite loving my country as i never got to fully experience normal life there. so please don't accuse me of lying becuase i am not and you cannot find any proof that i am not korean. i can also not find any proof i am korean but all i can say is i am and u can choose to believe it or not
한국마니아!
Brazil's São Paulo subway system is pretty good, they're one of the cleanest of the world, but the Seoul's system looks more organized, I hope I can visit Korea and try it!!
Your videos are so entertaining I watch them all the time❤❤
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The metro/train/public transport system in the Netherlands is better when it comes to bikes, but probably lacks a little on the other things. Overall it is pretty good but it can definitely learn a thing or two from Korean or japanese systems i think.
This is so cool!
You have the best personality 💖✨👑
So nice I LOVE IT
Korea used to have super fast escalator. And than accident happen a lot bc of it.(ppl always walk over there.+ Some old ppl cant step out fast enough. And it cause accident too.) So they change it. + elevator is also slow. You cant push close botton. (Simiral reason.)
The city i live dosent have subway tho.
Its train and bus only.
I saw an old lady get her purse stuck and it was super scary but people helped quickly omg
Yeah I've noticed the elevators are super slow but most stations have one or sever and thats super nice.
I like the charger one
I love your videos
I love your videos !❤but plss upload more cabin crew content ,they are amazing !
I love that they play a cute jingle to let you know the train is arriving.
NYC
A disel train was idling in the subway for hours, filling it with diesel exhaust fumes while I waited forever for a train to come, it was deserted except for a few sketchy homeless guys. When the train came it was super loud and screechy and I felt way more depressed after the whole experience
So like, worse than Korea's
Like you said it just made sense✨
And it is so clean inside!
Koreans have thought about everything. I love your videos and you make me laugh everyday! Thank you for brightening my day. Love from India
Love uuuuuuuuu
Agreed ❤
What state from India bro
@@alphabravoindia5267 Karnataka
@@riddhimamadhav560 Nice bro I'm from TN
Thank you for the video. Korea have transformed very rapidly from a Military style control government (back in 1982 when I first visited) to a dynamic open forward-thinking society today and will continue to do so. During one of the many drills for invasion (1982), public siren would wail, the military would usher us into underground shelters that have eateries, shops, minimarts and exit on to a different street. We spend about 20 to 30 minutes down there, but you don't feel it is an underground shelter at all - that had an impact on me what underground shelter should be. In a strange way, I do miss those drills because of the cooperation of the public in quickly leaving the surface for underground, we all were gone from the streets in under two minutes, literally.
그립네요. 요즘은 그다지 훈련강도가 세지 않아서 걱정됩니다.
예전엔 모든차들이 멈췄지만 요즘은 그냥 다녀요.
사실상 훈련을 안한다고 봐야겠죠.
걱정스러워요.
New Jeenie video!! ❤❤
Singapore’s subway system is amazing, you should visit sometime!
Hello jeenie i love your videos
Sending thoughts and prayers to you in Korea ❤️💔
I wanna travel to Korea someday just to experience the subway system myself 🥰
Great thing about the free toilets in subways is Koreans, in general, seem to respect the community and keep such areas clean. In the UK any toilet on the Underground will look like a bomb site of waste
The ending 😂😂😂
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We need cabin crew content plz 😭😭😭😭
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I like her clips on Korea and Korean language and culture. Maybe she can create a playlist for Korean stuff.
So true!
We at Delhi, India have all of these thing except the cycle thingy and vending machines but in lieu we have restaurant and fast food outlets at every major station and you can use your metro card, token and a debit or credit card.... And it almost never gets late and there's a whole coach reserved for women with helpdesks everywhere you go, there's police and the army for any threats and every coach has cctv and you can talk to the driver in case of emergency.... The washrooms are not Elite class but they are good and free.... There are coloured footsteps for different metro lines on the floor.....☺️
Plus indicators. I was waiting for an Indian to comment. Similar to Mumbai metro. Pretty clean, organized, cheap for long distance and clean washrooms
Oh my you have so many safety products!!! Besides every thing else! My corner of Cali doesn't even compare to what I've seen here! I doubt if its any better after leaving Cali 2years ago? They were extending the Metro purple line, USC area, when I moved out of state. Dang girl that's pretty awesome!
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Hi Jeenie!
Excellent service.
Please let us know you are OK! ❤❤❤
Ooohhh when I went to HK one time they had the same and I was soooo happy and satisfied that everyone would follow the rules thinking about other people 😍😍😍😍😍😍
We don't have a subway system in my city in Norway. I agree that the Korean one is great. It was very easy to learn how to use.
Hi Jeenie!!what time is it at your side? BTW I love ur vids!!!!
한국에 계시는 군요!!! 마주쳤음 좋겠다 ㅠㅠ
Im subbed to u :D
This is exactly like my country!!🎉
I seond that! Korea subway stations are extremely clean! The bathrooms have both traditional squat or full toilet - clean and free! They have mini markets in the stations to shop! I'm considering taking up Korean to move there!
Thats so cool! In my country we dont even have subways!
Jeenie, all your video's are atleast 1 year old, so happy that you are alive and well! in my country Australia, we have significant problem with Graffiti, it's everywhere in railway yards and rolling stock, could you make a video of the different punishments and penalties for Graffiti, antisocial behaviour in your country? would be interesting as in this country, punishment amounts to residing in a four star hotel, board and breakfast laid on.
Wold love to see a blooper video 😅
That’s it, I’m moving to korea
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Here, have atleast one human reply 😉
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In Russia, they don't have many of these amenities, but the stations themselves look like art museums.
I’m Korean and this video made me grateful for all the things here! Never really thought about how efficient the subway system is… Thanks for pointing it out :)
No fairr😭😭😭 I hope i'm goimg to Korea this Summer!
Yess!
Jeenie, hope you and your family are fine ❤️. So sorry for that tragic outcome during that Halloween party in Itaewon.
Here in Hong Kong, i’d say the subway systems are similar to seoul’s. Subways are cheap, efficient and almost everyone uses it here (which makes it very crowded). On platforms, we also have TVs which designate when a train arrives and which train carriage is crowded and which is empty.
I wanna go to korea so baddd
We have the bike thingy and the toilet/ vending machines & tickets but we don’t have the super organized ones and design seats
Where I’m from we have nothing lolll we have elevators I guess 😂
✨a little about Ukrainian culture✨ our subways have stairs for ordinary people, but we have excavators instead of stairs! (I mean in the entrance to the metro there are stairs, and then there are excavators inside) we don't have such vending machines unfortunately :( there are naturally toilets there but only for the staff, that's all! (also, the Kiyv's metro is the biggest in Ukraine)
Oh . I just posted my thoughts regarding Metro in Ukraine. I must say ,train stations. In the city of Kiev as beautiful as the city itself .
Okay, so that's awesome! But are you sure you're not referring to escalators?
@@sugoiiininjadesuu7262 yes, I mean escalators, I forgot how to write it in English
Oooo i got to know about the subway gas masks in the movie Exit starred by Yoona and Jo Jun Suk
I live in Seoul. All of this is super normal for me watching this.
My city have just one line, 8 stops total, it's pretty clean and punctual but nothing more than that though, and probably you'll always find a seat because there aren't so many people in there 🤣
Is there a bookshop? That’s the only thing I really want on every major station.
Wow that's really impressive
Beats me why New York doesn't have the secondary doors for their trains. People get pushed into the tracks all the time now.
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I live in Finland can you come to do wideo about finnair crew
my one is basically the same
Lmao the girl at the end said 🥴🥴🥴
The Seoul metro system is the best in my humble opinion. You forgot to mention the convenience of the T-card.
So true, the fact that you can use it for the subway, bus, taxi and at the convenience stores is a major plus to loading it up.
What is great about asia is you dont really need transportation. Everything you need is in walking distance with lots of momnpops, boutiques, cafes, pc bangs, open air vendors etc which makes it feel comfy cozy quaint townie even in major city.
"People actually listen" is the number one reason I'm moving back to Asia
In Ireland we have a bus and airport (rest are normal) we have no subways the only subway is the sandwich place
I found the train systems in America to be completely crap as far as city lines go. Amtrak is actually very good, but it's for long treks between large cities. I took an Amtrak from Raleigh NC to Washington DC, and it was an extremely pleasant ride.
Wait till she comes to Singapore!!
I see genshin I be genshinholic and also I love the fact that she said condoms in vending machines
I once saw a wad of gum on the ground near the train, but I can't guarantee that it'll still be there, so you better bring your own!! LOL
Wow. New York City could never 🥲🥲
Yep I’m going to South Korea
지니위니님 한국에 계신 거 맞으시네ㅋ
"How does your subway compare to Korea's?"
It doesn't as a former NYer (but at least it runs 24/7) and current Chicagoan (it is connected to the airports but don't even get me started on the CTA)....
*filling out visa applications to move out of US
San Diego, CA: What subway system?
Jeenie, how well can you speak korean? Ive heard u speak it before but it wasnt more than a couple of sentences
I am in Philippines and I dont think I even have subways where I am from we get on May-busses ask for a ride from ppl with motorcycles e-bikes and taxi's
There is no subway in Slovakia😂 but we have a pretty big railroad system
If you are still in Korea, hope you are all okay!! The Halloween Celebration tragedy was horrific!!!
In Melbourne we got toilets at all underground stations and big stations, and some suburban stations - they're free to use, but cause it's public transport, they can be gross af
We have vending machines, they're just dodgy and overpriced ($5.00 AUD for a bag of lollies)
And all of our trains have priority seating near the train doors
Only thing I wish we had was super organised directories telling you where to stand on the platform or where to walk in the station
I live in New York City and you know how I feel...