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Starting a city just takes people forming one. I don't know what kind of procedures would be required, but new villages/towns/cities are formed from time to time.

Keep in mind that you cannot discriminate against anyone to keep them out.

The bigger problem is that of buying the property and building homes. Don't expect anyone else to provide those for you.

The biggest problem would be creating the economic conditions to make it a going concern. Even if you can find enough people with the finances to buy the property and build their homes, that doesn't mean that anyone is going to put in stores and hire people. In my community (not a village/town/city) with a population of 30 to 40 people, depending on how you count them, and covering about 50 square miles, there are no stores and businesses other than farms and ranches, many of which will be incorporated. The total number of employees outside of their own families is, I think, 2.

To me, the whole idea is relatively dumb.

Better yet would be to find jobs in existing small towns and rural areas and move there, but be prepared to fit in. If you keep yourself aloof, you probably won't be accepted very quickly at all.



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Today, 8:41 am

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I guees with the internet people would be able to work remotely. I like the idea of people creating there own city with there own rules that's the ultimate freedom


Even if you form your own city, you would still be fully subject to county, state, and federal regulations and laws.



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Today, 8:51 am

have fun and good luck lmao


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Today, 9:17 am

kokopelli wrote:
Starting a city just takes people forming one. I don't know what kind of procedures would be required, but new villages/towns/cities are formed from time to time.

Keep in mind that you cannot discriminate against anyone to keep them out.

The bigger problem is that of buying the property and building homes. Don't expect anyone else to provide those for you.

The biggest problem would be creating the economic conditions to make it a going concern. Even if you can find enough people with the finances to buy the property and build their homes, that doesn't mean that anyone is going to put in stores and hire people. In my community (not a village/town/city) with a population of 30 to 40 people, depending on how you count them, and covering about 50 square miles, there are no stores and businesses other than farms and ranches, many of which will be incorporated. The total number of employees outside of their own families is, I think, 2.

To me, the whole idea is relatively dumb.

Better yet would be to find jobs in existing small towns and rural areas and move there, but be prepared to fit in. If you keep yourself aloof, you probably won't be accepted very quickly at all.


That's the current plan, there is a town in Pennsylvania we want to immigrate to due to cheap housing + nature



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Do we get along better? I’ve not observed that. Sometimes autistics bully other autistics or engage in other sorts of problematic behaviors.

Being autistic doesn't rule out other traits like psychopathic tendencies. Just because an autistic is a bully doesn't mean he/she is a bully because of the autism. I get along better with autistics and I prefer an autistic "bad guy" over an allistic one.


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Today, 3:44 pm

Personally, I wouldn't be against the idea of having a community where only autistic people would live. But you would have to have a clear goal as to what it would look like and how a society of all autistic people would work. Especially if people have different forms of it, does that mean you have one area for one kind and another area for another kind?



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BillyTree wrote:
TwilightPrincess wrote:
Do we get along better? I’ve not observed that. Sometimes autistics bully other autistics or engage in other sorts of problematic behaviors.

Being autistic doesn't rule out other traits like psychopathic tendencies. Just because an autistic is a bully doesn't mean he/she is a bully because of the autism.

I wasn’t claiming that autistics bully because of their autism. My point was that autistics aren’t above engaging in the same behaviors as other humans. Some of that behavior can be incredibly harmful. Sexual harassment, for example, isn’t less bad coming from an autistic person than from a NT.

Overall, I’ve experienced a fair amount of s**t behavior from autistics and don’t hold them in a higher regard than anyone else. People are people.



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Today, 4:52 pm

kokopelli wrote:
enz wrote:
I guees with the internet people would be able to work remotely. I like the idea of people creating there own city with there own rules that's the ultimate freedom


Even if you form your own city, you would still be fully subject to county, state, and federal regulations and laws.


sure, if you made it in America. But there must be some country on earth where they let you do this, or an island, or a group of ships in international waters



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Today, 5:00 pm

enz wrote:
kokopelli wrote:
enz wrote:
I guees with the internet people would be able to work remotely. I like the idea of people creating there own city with there own rules that's the ultimate freedom


Even if you form your own city, you would still be fully subject to county, state, and federal regulations and laws.


sure, if you made it in America. But there must be some country on earth where they let you do this, or an island, or a group of ships in international waters


Seasteading isn't viable.


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Seasteading isn't viable.


yeah true. only available to the super wealthy

heres a video of a island though



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RattyBoBatty wrote:
kokopelli wrote:
Starting a city just takes people forming one. I don't know what kind of procedures would be required, but new villages/towns/cities are formed from time to time.

Keep in mind that you cannot discriminate against anyone to keep them out.

The bigger problem is that of buying the property and building homes. Don't expect anyone else to provide those for you.

The biggest problem would be creating the economic conditions to make it a going concern. Even if you can find enough people with the finances to buy the property and build their homes, that doesn't mean that anyone is going to put in stores and hire people. In my community (not a village/town/city) with a population of 30 to 40 people, depending on how you count them, and covering about 50 square miles, there are no stores and businesses other than farms and ranches, many of which will be incorporated. The total number of employees outside of their own families is, I think, 2.

To me, the whole idea is relatively dumb.

Better yet would be to find jobs in existing small towns and rural areas and move there, but be prepared to fit in. If you keep yourself aloof, you probably won't be accepted very quickly at all.


That's the current plan, there is a town in Pennsylvania we want to immigrate to due to cheap housing + nature
I don't think an exclusively Autistic community would be a good goal. Personally, I would get a lot of Autistics to move to the same area and I think that could allow for tailoring local businesses and institutions to be Autistic-friendly. Historically, Pennsylvania has accepted a few groups of people that are "different"...for instance the Amish and Mennonites. So, perhaps Pennsylvania is a viable place for such an experiment.

Does your target location have one or more excellent hospitals nearby?

A town with a significant portion of the population being Autistic and with good medical care could possibly adjust to be friendly to Autistics.

I think having a town with a high percentage of HFA could be helpful. Businesses and government offices would be more likely to learn how to serve the HFA community's needs.

But I'm old. :roll: I'm interested in an area where I can get good senior care and good medical care. However, there are some good hospitals in Pennsylvania. Do you know if you'll be near one?


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