Korea, the most centralized country...

South Korea is probably the most centralized major country in the world (excluding city-states like Singapore).

Points of my argument:
1. Nearly Half of South Koreans live in Metro Seoul
Of the 48 million South Koreans, 22 million of them live within Seoul's urban sprawl.

2. What's in a Surname?
Forty-percent of South Koreans have either one of the three major surnames in the country (Kim, Park, and another surname...I forgot).

3. Mid-rise Housing Paradise
Most mid-rise housing (Most South Koreans live in these mid-rise commie blocks--well...for most of Seoul for that matter) is provided or operated by either one of the big South Korean Conglomerates or "Chaebols": Samsung, Hyundai, Daewoo, LG, Lotte.

*The most startling among the three points of argument is the third one. Where else can one see a sea of mid-rise commie apartment blocks with names of the big "Chaebols" like Samsung, Lotte or Hyundai stamped on their sides plus numbers like: 101, 505, 515...etc.

*This startled me in positive as well as in negative ways:

Positive
Wow! South Korea's infrastructure is extremely efficient and overwhelmingly compact over a large tract of land.

Negative
These mid-rise commie blocks not only have dehumanizing names (living in buildings with names like Lotte Castle, Lotte Galaxy, Hyundai Prime, Seonsa Hyundai with additional numbers like 505, 114, etc) but also half-hazardly designed (they look very generic and boring--living in commercially constructed commie blocks with lack in personal character by its residents).

So, what do you guys (those who are South Korean or those who have visited S.K.) think about this assessment? Feel free to give your comments and violent reactions.>