Most people in Korea takes public transport especially subway. I’m not so sure about prices of cars, but I can definitely say that to refill petrol in Korea is like pumping money into your car like water. It’s so expensive!
Anyhow, taking public transport during peak hours is indeed a pain in the neck, imagine almost 50% or more of the population in Seoul fighting their way through crazy pack stations, trains and buses. What more to say when Korean’s “people-pushing” etiquette is awfully irritating. What I experienced was being pushed from behind at subway stations, without a word, no excuse me, no sorry. Not once, but twice, young or old, it’s a habit of them. Deep down I’m thinking, looking at how the pack was, pushing wouldn’t bring you anywhere either don’t you think?
As a visitor, we want to avoid such hours but who knows we might bumped into such madness once a while, and here’s what it looks like being stuck in a human way of jam at a subway station. Good luck squeezing through!
An Introvert in Seoul 
Im reading this just as i get off line 4 subway after work haha! Korea is alright compared to places like shanghai!
Haven’t been to shanghai (yet).. but definitely a crazy one compared to my home country… maybe people here drive a lot, probably that’s the reason it’s less packed than in Korea… 🙂 btw, how was the crowd earlier?
Shanghai is super densely populated- think of seoul times a few! It was a madhouse earlier. Lucky for me I got to snag a seat! Oh, the struggle….
I think I can imagine a little… and i remember taking seoul’s subway during peak hours in the morning… It was really madness… especially Koreans were running non stop to catch their rides…