Spectrum friendly regions

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Do you think there are some cities or locations that are more friendly to those on the spectrum than others or is it pretty much the same wherever you go?

In Worcester, UK there is a house used as a meeting space for aspies called...aspie

Austin, Texas.

South Wales valleys. It's such a crude place nobody seems to care all that much about being a little weird.

A warning though .....everyone will probably mention their home towns.

A fellow South Wales dweller I see. What has been your experience of South Wales?

I have lived two places in the USA that were much more spectrum friendly. They were both areas around a major university. Both had MANY graduate students from around the world, and in both the majority demographic was a different race than mine (which is white). There was no expectation of homogenous behavior there. You don't stand out for being different in a place that's already so diverse. If you're at all "nerdy," a graduate student crowd offers lots of potential friendships, too.

One of the most interesting and straight to the point posts I've read in a while.

I think it depends a little from what one counts as "spectrum friendly." Based on my experience, places in the countryside tend to be better when it comes to severe sensory issues, unless you can't handle the smells of animal waste spread out on the fields, but when it comes to social issues, cities are better due to the anonymity one can get in them and people minding their own business. Plus, the chance of finding other like minded people is higher than in the countryside simply due to there being more people in the first place.

Maybe a tiny bit friendlier than England but mostly similar.

I grew up in England and moved here 2 years ago-ish.

Interesting. Can I PM you?

Living in the woods might be better than living on a farm, in the latter case -- if one wants to live in a rural area for sensory reasons.


Agreed. Also, if one wants to live in a city for social reasons, I strongly recommend living in a highly multicultural neighborhood, with immigrants from all over the world and no one dominant ethnic group. That's a good way to minimize social conformist pressures -- and perhaps also find a partner if you have difficulty finding one within your own culture.