As someone suggested recently, there may be a lot of people interested in parts of the world they will never visit themselves. So I would like to take the opportunity to help at least one of you experience some of the cool things I like about Korea.

I've been studying the country, culture, language and society for more than 6 years now as a linguist in the US Navy.

Based off who wins (dietary restrictions, how much spice you can handle , kids at home who would enjoy candies, etc) I'll make up a box of good foods, odds and ends, and just cool stuff and send it your way USPS.

Only conditions:

Have 100 posts.
Tell me something distinctive about where you live currently. Educate me.
Be patient, if you win it may take me a bit to gather the items considering movement restrictions here due to COVID.

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I'm in. I lived in Korea for two years and my family loves Korean food.
I live in Northern Utah. Both places have similar latitude and longitude. But Utah is a dry climate and Korea has the humidity of a peninsula.

Sounds interesting. Count me in, thanks!

I live close to the oldest professional observatory in the USA.

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Well, I am from an Italian and Polish family so I have never had Korean food. But the more spices the better! I can eat hot peppers from the jar till tears run down my cheeks ( Of my face! Get your mind out of the gutter! ). So looking forward to the experience. And thanks!

I am so in.

Of the 30+ different countries I visited, Korea and Isreal are the two I wasn't fortunate enough to visit (even if it were for 4 days. Lol

I live in San Diego and there's a little town in the mountains named Julian. There's Mom's apple pies there but the best part - Dudley's Bakery is on the way.

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Please include me in your experience karma.I live in the Midwest within 2 miles of the border of 2 other states and close to Hillsdale College.

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Please add my name.
I live 52 miles from the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
Also where I live is the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.

PC

This is a great Karma. I live in Washington PA, about 30 mile for Pittsburgh. It was where Pony league baseball was invented and the home of the oldest county fair in the state of PA. I love Korean food, particularly Buldaak. One of the best Korean places in the area is pretty close. I can handle spicy food. Thank You for including me in this Karma.

Tom

Please count me in, for my wife who is Korean. She grew up in Incheon. She moved to the states in her early/mid twenties.

Interesting things about where I live...

The Korean population is very small. As far as first generation immigrants, there are literally less than five. When we bought our home, little did we know, our next door neighbor is a Korean woman a few years younger than my wife, first generation immigrant.

We are an interesting part of the desert. The town in Cottonwood, AZ. It is dry, but we have a river and for the area, it’s pretty green around here. Hence it being called The Verde Valley.

Sedona and it’s beautiful red rocks are right up the road. What is pretty cool, if you take some back off roading roads to sedona, you see the brown dirt, you cross hard white limestone, and that transitions to the red sandstone. The geology is pretty fantastic.

We sit at an altitude of approx 3500 feet, but the peak of Mingus Mountain is only 35 minutes away by car. The peak is 7815 feet.

Thee is a slag pile in the center of the town. It’s the left over remnants from smelting. It’s fairly useless crap. It’s almost like volcanic glass, but more like stone. It’s very brittle and breaks easily. Someone came up with a great plan for it. They found a way to break it down into specific sized particles and sell it as sandblasting abrasive. At the rate they are selling it, the pile in Cottonwood will be gone by 2040. There is another pile in Clarkdale, and it makes the Cottonwood pile look tiny.
This whole area came to be, from mining. There are old smelter buildings that have been remodeled into businesses. They are quite the buildings as the concrete is over two feet thick and incredibly reenforced.
The mining company (originally Phelps-Dodge who sold out to) Freeport MacMoran still owns a lot of land in the Verde Valley. They control access to a lot of it now, which is a shame. Some dumbass drown in Pecks Lake and the family filed a lawsuit. So Freeport solved the issue by closing off public access to their land.

When you buy a home or property in the Verde Valley, you may own the land, however Freeport MacMoran owns the mineral rights. Crazy to think that you can own a piece of property, but the dirt isn’t really yours.

There are thousands of interesting facts about my town I could sit and tell you for hours.

I'd like to be in!
I like Korean food!

Did you know Las Vegas, NV is sometimes referred to as the "9th Hawaiian Island"? Besides a large Hawaiian population here, there is a huge amount of tourism from Hawaii to here. There are little Hawaiian restaurants all over town and some really good Hawaiian food can be had in Las Vegas, NV.

Sound like a great karma giveaway. Do not enter me as I spent 1969 at Camp Sabre/Munsani (5/38Field Artillery 105mm) just south of the Imjim River. Spent some time on the north side of the river as well as inside the DMZ fence. Once was 3ft from the actual white cloth tape stretched between metal fence post seperating North and South Korea while being watched with binoculars and rifle scopes. Probably a good chance I would have been shot had I taken a few steps and crossed past the cloth tape. Enjoyed my time and travels both in uniform as well as street clothes. I pass my chance to someone else. I now live in southeastern Louisiana. .................................................. drill sgt.

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I'd like to be in!
I like Korean food!

Did you know Las Vegas, NV is sometimes referred to as the "9th Hawaiian Island"? Besides a large Hawaiian population here, there is a huge amount of tourism from Hawaii to here. There are little Hawaiian restaurants all over town and some really good Hawaiian food can be had in Las Vegas, NV.

Spent the last 4 years in Hawaii, never knew why they love LV so much. Asked many of them and they jutssay they like it...many go EVERY year

I'd love a chance. I live in Houston where Texas beat Santa Anna and won independence from Mexico.

Yes, please. I now like in the Desert SW, but spent a fair amount of time in Thailand and Vietnam. I love hot and spicy foods, but have no experience with Korean food.

Please enter me, I live 30 minutes from a Korea Town area (Annandale, VA), but other than Korean BBQ, I've not tried much.

If I do win, no Kimchi please.

Please add me in. I live in Friendswood Texas and it is a town founded by the Quakers in 1895, hence the name.

Thanks for the Karma! Please add me to the list.

Northwest Arkansas contains the highest population of Marshall Islanders outside of the Marshall Islands. It can be traced back to one Marshallese guy back in the 1980s, John Moody, who got a job working for a Tyson Foods poultry facility in the area, and then sent for his family, who sent for their family and friends, who then sent for their family and friends, etc. etc. There are now around 15,000 Marshallese who live in the area.

my neck of the woods got to 121°, last sunday. it's the highest ever temperature ever recorded in Los Angeles county history.

thank you for the chance

I live in the green chile capital of the world- New Mexico. The state motto is "Red or green?", which refers to the question you'll be asked in most New Mexican restaurants. They both are the same chile, green when unripe, red when ripe. The flavor completely changes. There are also multiple varieties that have different heat levels and sizes. Green chile goes great on cheeseburgers, pizzas, and many other things. Red is a stronger flavor that goes well on eggs, slow cooked pork (called carne adovada), and burritos or enchiladas.

Anything I can use to make kimchi would be awesome! My neighbor when I lived on base was from South Korea. She taught me the proper way to make kimchi at home.

Please enter me in the karma. I live in the middle of the country (Iowa) and we recently had a derecho weather event here.
Google it, it was very large and destructive..