Best Culture for Aspie

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Still, all your quirks will be attributed to your being white and people will be a lot more accommodating to you than to a Japanese who's guilty of the same quirks. They may be doing it consciously, or they may not. But that's what basically will happen.

(I'm going to add that this won't be true in places where there have been quite a number of white immigrants and where the young folks have been somewhat Americanized, but otherwise that's pretty much how I think it would be like.)

EDIT: After reading your previous post, I'm also going to add that it is assumed you know the language and the etiquette well.

I vote for Japan, though that is largely a guess.

I don't think that it's fair to lump America into one category. The mid-west is totally different than New England is totally different than Appalachia is totally different than Texas is totally different than Alaska is totally different than the west coast is totally different than the great plains region is totally different than the rest of the south.

I rather like living in Amish country in the mid western area of America. They tend to leave others alone, aren't very chatty, and very non-judgmental.

I guess I don't understand the question. Without actually experiencing other cultures, what frame of reference would I use to make a determination? And if I can't read social cues, isn't that culturally independent.

I'm not sure about Scotland as a good culture match. I've found it a sufficiently difficult culture to live in that I wonder if others are better matches. That's the culture in general, but because I have the opportunity to meet a lot of Aspies on a very frequent basis then that's the best culture match if available.

I've never experienced living abroad, so I just have some guesses.

I always thought that Japan and asian countries are better to aspergers, because of the introversion, politeness, and they see the life from a different prespective, not so self-centered. My experience with asians in my country tells me the same.

North america and specially south america are not easy to aspergers.
I think european countries are at some point in the center of the scale.
Middle east countries, I have no idea.

But there's one thing I think it's true, if you go to another country most of your awkwardness will be taken as a problem with language\culture adaptation, so will not be taken too seriously.

I would kind of think that South Asian cultures would be good for aspies....
Place like India.

I've had many many Indian friends and I always felt oodles more normal around them.
You're not expected to talk to anyone really, unless you have common interests or goals. People are distant and don't force hugs on you.

I may have been more comfortable around them because they never had an American friend, so they never suspected my behavior to be odd... perhaps they just thought I was a normal American?

There are too many variables in figuring this out...there are so many behaviors and traits that differ amongst even us here on WP... maybe something that would make me feel more comfortable would make another person on here panic....

I would say any foreign culture would suffice. Because everyone would chalk it up to being that you're a foreigner, and that's why you're different.

The best cultures or countries for aspies are the ones that are smart, that's basically just how it is. Don't want to offend anyone but honestly Americans are usually not smart which makes America horrible for aspies to live in.

http://www.clearlycultural.com/geert-ho ... imensions/

Canada. No Joke.

I don't think Japan would be a good fit, they bullying is a major issue and there are other structural and social problems which are in place.

Costa Rican's/Hispanics and the Irish are very friendly, middle-easterners are supposed to be more hospitable than southerners, I hear Czechs are pretty reserved so a lot of aspies are probably drawn to it. All places have their good points but no place is miraculous.