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If the strategy is to foster group solidarity through which mutual support may be enacted, aka "hang with friends", then thats great.

Although I am wondering about the use of military terminology, such as "Battle" and "Win the War" ??

The military terminology is just a metaphor. My real meaning it that we are best to change the world my making strides in a few exemplary places, rather than trying to evenly change everywhere at once. As a minorities go, we are spread thin.

Berkeley, CA. Awesome place.

My brother pays $1350/mo for a one bedroom in the Kitsilano area of Vancouver. Out here in the suburbs, my sister pays $750 for a two bedroom suite in the basement of a newer house. My cousin & her roommate pay $1050 for a two bedroom condo in a few year old building. One bedroom basement suites can be had for under $500/mo in some areas of the 'burbs, not including laundry or utilities. It's still entirely possible to rent & live in the Metro Vancouver area w/o paying the exorbitant rents of the city, especially if you live in a part of the suburbs that has relatively convenient public transit access and can easily get to a train station to head into town for work or play. Transit sucks where I live, so most nights after work at night I have a 4km walk home from the closest bus stop. Many parts of the suburbs are very car-centric. It'll be a heck of a lot more convenient to live here once I have wheels again. But anyways, just because the average rent IN the city is quite expensive doesn't mean there aren't lower priced options available. I just googled it, I'm 41km from downtown Vancouver (I used a stadium as a landmark) so approx 25 miles away. Rents right here in this neighbourhood are likely around $600 or so for a one bedroom & $800-900 or so for a two bedroom suite in a detached house. Townhomes would rent for quite a bit more, and there aren't any condos/apartments in this immediate area. Whether here or closer to Vancouver, there are plenty of places to be had for under $1000/mo, and it's quite doable for most if they have a roommate or second income paying the bills.

The problem with Silicon Valley and Seattle is that they are in the USA. Its damn hard for non-US aspies to get a Visa.

What we should do is buy an island somewhere and start over with a new country. Anyone with an official DX gets citizenship.

I don't know what islands are for sale. However, the are a lot of uninhabited or lightly inhabited islands in the area of Australia and New Zealand, including the island refered to in the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" where the mutineers landed.

Any candidate cities in your part of the planet?

Seattle, hmm. What is Seattle like? I know there are a list of resources, but what is Seattle like? Is it especially good for Aspie adults and not just Aspie children? Especially good overall? The only thing I really know about Seattle is that Frasier TV show was set there. And that Kelsey Grammer (the guy who played Frasier) rode the Seattle monorail on one episode the TV show.

What a great idea! If enough inhabitants have similar needs they are more likely to be met. That's how we ended up with a world that's already shaped after NT-needs after all, majority rule.

Exactly! If you gather enough members of a global minority, you end up with a local minority. And, I believe it can be done in a way that is beneficial to all, including NTs.

Seattle could be the initial "launch city."

Yes a more inclusive world, on all levels, benefits all. Though the ruling class - so to speak - have to make some room which might initially feel unbeneficial for them, it's like that when any minority gain rights.
That might be an unforseen problem though, as we don't have a big movement yet that would be able to push back if NTs would become illogical about the whole thing. Sorry to bring it up...

Yipee! I'm moving to Seattle in a couple of months

not all of us are financially successful sufficient to be able to live in high-cost cities such as seattle. phoenix is too morally atavistic/hot for a lot of us. most of oregon is too much like eastern washington for comfort.

if i could afford any of those astronomical rents, my aspieness must not be an issue at all. but it is and i simply can't afford such, now or ever. so greater hooterville is where i must stay.

Greater Hooterville? If you mean the same Hooterville as the one described in Wikipedia, I'm 30 miles away from there.