Busan logs 14 frost days a year to T’aebaek's 115 — Busan wins by 101. Busan also leads on hot days by 5.

Busan averages $1,441/mo for balanced living; T’aebaek has no cost baseline yet.

Busan scores 3.6 on mobility (0–5 scale); T’aebaek has no mobility baseline.

Busan's culture score of 2.5 sits well above T’aebaek's 0.0.

Busan scores 4.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); T’aebaek has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Busan scores 3.9 on safety (0–5 scale); T’aebaek has no safety baseline.

Busan scores 3.1 on career (0–5 scale); T’aebaek has no career baseline.

Busan scores 2.6 on social & community (0–5 scale); T’aebaek has no social & community baseline.

Busan scores 3.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); T’aebaek has no food & dining baseline.

Busan scores 3.4 on family (0–5 scale); T’aebaek has no family baseline.

Busan scores 3.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); T’aebaek has no healthcare baseline.

Busan averages 17.8 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus T’aebaek's 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) — T’aebaek breathes ~20% cleaner air (3.5 µg/m³ lower).

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