Seoul growing even more rapidly

I've been paging through the Korea textbook and I've come to realize that what the rest of the world sees today in the capital of South Korea, is by far, not what it used to be. It's a fact that South Korea is the country in the world with the most cell phones per capita. It's no wonder because brand names like Samsung and LG are two of the biggest cell phone distributors in the world. Many European football clubs like Chelsea FC and Aston Villa FC, use Korean cell phone companies as sponsors; this just goes to show how much industrialization and widespread success the city of Seoul has undergone. I visited Seoul, Jeju Island, and Daegu two summers ago and got to really experience, first-hand, how massive these once small cities are becoming. There's a market in an alley-looking area in Seoul where there is just so much business that goes on. Food vendors, clothing shops, music stores and electronic stores are all located on this small little stretch of road. So many citizens in Korea make a living by these types of 'outlet' mall style businesses. It's so awesome to see different cultures and how the middle class in a country thousands of miles away survives.