Is Vancouver really AS-friendly?

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Vancouver is artsy, laid-back, open-minded, progressive, friendly, etc. - much like Seattle or Portland. i don't think it is more accepting to aspies than any other place in particular. for me, i like big bustling anonymous cities that i can get swallowed up in, where i don't have to interact unless i feel like it. Vancouver feels like a big connected community (though it is somewhat divided along ethnic and geographic and socioeconomic lines). i don't like that feeling of belonging, but many people do.

i lived for a long time in Edmonton, which is a more conservative city. it's also MUCH less sociable (like Toronto) than a city like Vancouver, so i'd say some aspies would like it. depends on the aspie, really.

I don't know if you mean Vancouver, WA or Vancouver BC. But from my experience, Vancouver, WA is closed minded towards invisible differences. Even another guy I know who has AS also faces it at his school and I wonder if it's just a big coincidence or are people really narrow in that city. So we moved when I was 13 and I was left alone and not bullied because we lived in a small town.

The OP said abroad and is currently in Texas, so I took it as meaning Vancouver BC. Plus the other responses were more accurately describing the Canadian city.

How do the repliers know what Vancouver he is talking about? For all I know, they could be assuming the OP means BC and he could mean WA or I could have been wrong if I assumed WA instead of BC.

Ok, it's Vancouver, Canada. I didn't even know there was a Vancouver, WA, and there's no way I'd live there. I wouldn't live anywhere except a major, coastal, diverse city where the local people are used to accepting differences.

he has mentioned moving there before.

Oh, I guess I better start reading all the threads here.

in other threads. there was a dialogue between him and another member. i think he mentioned getting accepted to law school or something in Vancouver, BC

Last edited by hyperlexian on 06 Apr 2013, 8:08 am, edited 1 time in total.

I will say that people of Portland, Seattle and Vancouver are often more friendly and laid back period. That seems to be a major component in the overall culture of the area. I think if one looks into it, one will see people of these cities described as artistic, liberal, unique, friendly, eccentric, quirky and so on. The motto of Portland is, "Keep Portland Weird" and Seattle and Vancouver use the "Keep Weird" slogan too. I think the same thing could be said of Hollywood, Venice Beach and Sherman Oaks, CA.

Actually it seems to be like that everywhere in the Pacific Northwest. The smaller cities and towns are just as pleasant and friendly. One of the quirkiest shows on TV featuring some of the quirkiest people, was Twin Peaks, which took place in a small town in Washington State. The real town of Snoqualmie which was used as the town of "Twin Peaks" was one of my very favorite places to visit.
All the small cites and towns in the PNW are like the Andy Griffith town of Mayberry. They're full of friendly interesting colorful people.

I'm stoked about moving to Everett, WA. I know I'm going to fit it and it's going to fit me just fine. Same with visiting Vancouver BC. That city really is incredible. The people there really are something else. Very friendly and colorful.