Due to the growing importance of accessibility to urban amenities on quality of life and neighborhood satisfaction in South Korea, various efforts have been made to improve accessibility to urban amenities by establishing a minimum standard, an approach called Living Social Overhead Capital (Living SOC); for example, one such standards states that an elementary school should be reachable within a 15-min walk. However, these endeavors have not yet resulted in an equal distribution of Living SOC in urban and rural areas. Many residents feel the disparity of Living SOC is greatest in areas where the rural city was incorporated into an adjacent urban city—often called an integrated urban–rural city—or when new towns were developed in rural cities. This situation can lead to the creation of dissimilar landscapes and infrastructure within a single city. As such, this research observes how the resultant disparity in proximity between urban and rural areas impacts neighborhood satisfaction, as reflected in housing prices. The outcomes indicate that, with the exception of senior care and education, all observed amenities were found to be located closer to residences in urban areas. Additionally, the closer the Living SOC, the higher the housing prices. The findings of this study posit an urgent need for a comprehensive Living SOC plan for entire cities, not only for newly developed areas, to avoid widening the existing gap between urban and rural Living SOC.

由于城市便利设施的可达性对韩国的生活质量和邻里满意度越来越重要，韩国已做出各种努力，通过建立最低标准来改善城市便利设施的可达性，这种方法称为生活社会间接费用资本（Living SOC）；例如，其中一项标准规定步行 15 分钟即可到达一所小学。然而，这些努力尚未实现城乡地区生活SOC的平均分配。许多居民认为，在农村城市并入邻近城市（通常称为城乡一体化城市）或在农村城市开发新城镇的地区，生活SOC的差距最大。这种情况可能会导致在一个城市内创建不同的景观和基础设施。因此，本研究观察了由此产生的城乡地区距离差异如何影响社区满意度（反映在房价上）。结果表明，除了老年护理和教育之外，所有观察到的便利设施都位于城市地区靠近住宅的地方。此外，离Living SOC越近，房价就越高。本研究的结果表明，迫切需要为整个城市（而不仅仅是新开发地区）制定全面的生活 SOC 计划，以避免扩大城乡生活 SOC 之间的现有差距。