Lived in Korea since 2007 and have always lived and worked in quiet places. It's once in a bluemoon I see a busy street - always worked and lived in the outback county areas. Lucky me.
You can use the opensource GIMP - use the resize tool - then upload it to steemit after that. It's indispensable imo - you can use it to convert images to contain transparent backgrounds too (a common task when making ppt's for a classroom).