If you live in the USA, what region are you located? Poll

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Hi all,

I hope this is allowed. I'm looking to relocate over the summer (in the United States) and I'm hoping to find the areas where there are more adults with autism (community!).

Also, if you've heard good things about certain areas, let me know why and where they are.

Thanks!

I’m in NYC. The population of autistic people is considerable. The cost of living is high, though.

in the puget sound area of western washington, my home, you will find also a lot of aspies and more things that cater to aspies. we have seattle square pegs and tacoma square pegs. however, there is always a fly in the ointment, and just like new york, north puget sound [north of king county on the east side of the sound] is also expensive.

OP wondered about "the good things about" various areas, i can tell you that in south puget sound, southwestern washington and northwestern washington on the west side of the sound, the cost of living is tolerable at least, the weather is generally temperate [a good snow on average once every blue moon or so], no state income tax [but watch out for those property taxes if you have a view property]. best come here soon as the californians are bidding everything up/snapping everything up they can and property values are skyrocketing as a result.

I live in Texas I would not recommend it for people on the spectrum unless your family has money

I only learned at age 64 that I was an Aspie...just in time for the Pandemic...so I haven't connected to any Autistic community other than WP. But welcome to WP!

so far a majority in the eastern half of the usa. does that mean there are fewer westerners here, or that westerners are less likely to answer polls like this, or that easterners are more likely to answer polls like this?

Bengals Country...Who dey!

I live in WA. It's expensive here, but I like living here. I'm not too sure about whether it's a good place specifically for autists to live, though.

oly, tacoma and seattle have better than average accomodations for autistic school students, from what i've read.

We're actually from WA. We moved here (MN) two years ago because the Washington schools were bad for kids with autism (outside of Seattle) and the cost of housing was spiraling out of control. I think we got out at a good time.
The skyrocketing cost of living is now everywhere, even here. It's, in part, due to realty investment firms buying up investment properties (30%), and in WA, the tech industry is attracting people from all over. I've talked to several people that moved from MN to WA. I think most Californians are actually migrating to TX, where it's cheaper and regulations are loose.

My son also has ASD, but his diagnosis comes with cognitive delays. His elementary school in Olympia was fantastic, but as he got older, the schools got so much worse. His high school in MN has been amazing, but we definitely stick out in the community. We're not mid-westerners and it shows.

Long story made short, we actually loved living in some parts of WA (mostly Clallam County), but WA isn't the place you want to be if you have a verbal disability and/or can't afford $3K rent or a $700K home in the Seattle area.

I definitely miss the nerdiness and cosplayers of the PNW. Now that my son's graduating high school, we keep circling back to WA, but we're also looking closely at CA. It's expensive, but I feel like CA has better supports for adults. I don't mind paying higher taxes if it means better social supports. I just worry about what will happen to my son if anything happens to me. We don't have family so we need community.

Thanks for the input! Too bad we didn't get to talk when we still lived there.

First off, LOVE THE NAME! My gamertag is usually Hyrulian Taterz.
I just did a whole response on us leaving WA. I know there was a pretty active "Aspie" meetup group in Victoria, BC. I always wanted to go but could never make it up there in time.

I keep hearing New York in general is good. I lived upstate for about six months and absolutely had the best time. Nothing but good memories... except the toll roads... I have no love for the toll roads at all.

I don't know how anyone in NYC affords it. I could barely afford living on the outskirts of Seattle. There's no way I could afford NYC.

I’m from Orange County, California. There are a decent number of autistic people here, though I don’t really know how good it is for us here.

Orange County is located in the southern part of my state. It’s expensive to live here, particularly in my area, where houses never cost under $1 million. Other than that, I generally like being here. The weather is temperate but usually on the warmer side and there’s lots of places to eat and things to do.