Why Nowon-gu Took Direct Aim at Real Estate Platform 'Dabang'?

Press Release Refuting the Report Claiming "Gangnam-gu Ranks 1st with a Total of 2,933 Cafes on the 14th... More Than 3.6 Times the Number in Nowon-gu, Which Has the Fewest"

Nowon-gu (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) drew attention on the 14th by issuing a rebuttal press release against the real estate platform 'Dabang'.

The district responded on the 14th to a press release distributed by Station3 (CEO Yoo Hyung-seok), the operator of the real estate platform Dabang, titled 'Gangnam-gu ranks first with a total of 2,933... more than 3.6 times difference from Nowon-gu, which has the fewest.'

They particularly opposed Dabang's claim that "Nowon-gu has a total of 807 convenience facilities, including 434 cafes, 179 convenience stores, 154 banks, 29 government offices, and 10 subway stations, ranking lowest among the 25 autonomous districts."

Nowon-gu stated, "According to the press release distributed by the real estate platform Dabang, the data was based on an analysis of convenience facilities registered on 'Dabang.' According to the data, Nowon-gu has 434 cafes, 179 convenience stores, 154 banks, 29 government offices, and 10 subway stations, totaling 807 convenience facilities, ranking lowest among the 25 autonomous districts," and expressed doubts about the data, saying, "The district requested the analysis data of convenience facilities registered on Dabang from the company to verify the basis of the data calculation but was unable to receive it."

After verifying official data for each indicator, Nowon-gu refuted that there are actually 1,223 convenience facilities in Nowon-gu, including 681 cafes (17th), 418 convenience stores (14th), 48 banks (13th), 63 government offices (7th), and 13 subway stations (8th).

The official data referenced by the district are ▲ cafes and convenience stores from the Small Enterprise and Market Service Commercial Area Information System (official Korean government website) as of September 2023, ▲ government offices (local administrative offices, police and fire stations, courts and prosecutors' offices, others) and banks from Seoul Metropolitan Government Basic Statistics (2022 data), and ▲ subway stations from Seoul Metro Corporation subway station information by district (official Korean government website) as of October 2023.

According to the data compiled by Nowon-gu, when summing the five convenience facilities (subway stations, convenience stores, banks, government offices, cafes) located in the 25 districts of Seoul, Gangnam-gu has the highest number (3,520), but Nowon-gu ranks 17th, so the claim that Nowon-gu has the lowest number of convenience facilities among Seoul's districts is not true.

▣ Nowon-gu’s Position

Nowon-gu is striving to improve residents' quality of life and the prestige of the residential environment by promoting convenient transportation conditions such as the Dongbuk Line light rail and GTX-C line, as well as accelerating redevelopment and reconstruction projects including the 'Kwangwoon University Station area development.'

According to a policy evaluation survey conducted last summer marking the first anniversary of the 8th elected term, 60.9% of Nowon-gu residents were satisfied with their living environment, and 61.2% expressed pride in being Nowon-gu residents. Additionally, 71.6% of all residents perceived Nowon-gu as a 'better place' compared to neighboring districts, and 81.9% responded that the urban status of Nowon-gu will grow stronger in the future, showing solid trust and expectations for the district administration.

While indicator data may vary by issuing organization, as previously stated by Nowon-gu, based on official indicators, the number of convenience facilities in Nowon-gu is not the lowest. The district expresses deep regret over such results that betray the pride and expectations of Nowon-gu residents.

Nowon-gu Office stated that it will continue to prioritize and reflect policies in areas most desired and considered important by residents to improve their quality of life, boldly improve points that need correction, and do its best to create "a city of Nowon where tomorrow is more anticipated."

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