The best place for an autie/aspie to live

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But what about growing up in a small town in the north?? Which was my case, growing up in Northern Ohio. and yes, I was considered to be pretty weird.

besides a cold mountain, with a forest that reaches as far as the eye can see

NC scares me. Going through there, i got some of the most bad vibes and stares from people. ok, i might look a bit strange to people, i admit. But they seemed almost hostile. Also got a flat tire there on another trip in Charlotte and the Goodyear tire store manager tried to rip me off on a tire. Maybe it was just coincidence, but going through there never seems good.

not southern california.....maybe thats because its coo damn sunny...

Instinctively I'd say Japan would be a good place for an aspie as they have a pretty high % of introverts and I've read that shyness is a highly regarded personality trait in Japan.

I think Hawaii is a nice place to be an Aspie, if only because people here are pretty friendly and respectful.

(Disclaimer: Never lived in the US.)

I'd vote for Scandinavia. The people don't stare, don't make rude remarks and go out of their way to 'accomodate minorities' (sometimes too much, LOL!). Also, if you live in someplace with a large population of immigrants/foreign students/etc., chances are you will not be the oddest person around (from the Scandinavians' point of view, at least!). I really liked living there and I want to go back.

I think one of the advantages of multicultural environments is that people assume you're odd because of your strange foreign culture, not because you're an Aspie. This might make the lives of anyone from your culture coming after you probably harder, though!

I can only really speak for Scotland as I have lived there all my life. Notwithstanding that I have moved so often that I have had the good fortune to live in many different types of environment. And from my experiences I'm not so sure it's a question of what PLACE is the best, more what social group you are in.

I live, and will settle in, the suburbs of Edinburgh. A church I attend here is the place where I fit in (as well as could be expected anyway). So for an aspie friendly place, I recommend a church community, a Spirit filled church which preaches the Word. That might seem a controversial thing to some of you, though I believe in what I am saying. I joined the church originally for social reasons more than anything, and now it's where I am established. I fitted in somewhat well because people are a lot more accepting and unconditionally loving in this environment and all in all, I feel blessed.

Otherwise it's pot luck. At one school I attended in a Scottish town, I was... let's see.... 9, everyone was totally accepting. My level of intelligence was highly valued there. But there's nothing so special or distinctive about the place where the school was and it was quite different at all the other schools I went to. And university was the place where I was loneliest of all. Despite the mix of people you get there (rather like in the big cities some posters have spoken of), it proved to be the place where I was most isolated.

Well, besides my apartment that I only leave in order to go to class, I would say that Woodstock, NY is a great place to live for aspies. There are far more eccentric (i.e. crazy) people living there than I... It's an well known 'artist community' that has a colorful mixture of musicians, fine artists, famous burnt-out rock stars from the 60's, 70's and 80' , rich worldly ex-hippies from NYC, and current hippies who took way to much acid and live on the village green. So, suffice to say, my quirks pretty much go w/ out notice. The people there are also very open-minded and celebrate 'individuality'. My only problem is that I know just about everyone who resides in this small town, and often find myself forced into boring contrived small talk .. However, I have found that if I always act as if I am in a rush, people will leave me alone (LOL) .
I also think Amsterdam would be a desirable place to live as well ....

Bahia, Brazil.
We can simply be ourselves there, normally.
Adding that, there are so many beautiful beaches, some forrests.

Great googly-moogly! I'm from Lexington! My best friend is from here too.
It's home to me, and I rather like the Triad area, but I've found that I like the NC mountains even moreso... especially Asheville and surrounding areas. Asheville seems to me to be quite a mish-mash of different types of people. Plus the general area just plain feels homey to me.

Not a fan of Charlotte though, and not very familiar with the RDU area.

All in all, I think it comes down to personal opinion. My ideal place to live would be a castle on a mountaintop with a wonderfully twisty road leading into Asheville so I can go BANZAI!! ! down the road in my sports car (which I have yet to obtain, btw) to enjoy what the town has to offer before retreating back to my mountaintop hideaway.

Why yes, I do think MY place is best.

I think you do illustrate my previous point rather well.