Moved to Foreign Countries to run away from NT expectations

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This thread explains why I had such a great time during my vacation in Israel. And on top of that, it's one of the few countries in the world where they actually like America (maybe it'll be different under Obama). I know only a handful on Hebrew phrases, and most people I met knew only basic English. So as a result, I had to communicate heavily via hand gestures and facial expressions. Now I'm sure they looked awkward. But at the beginning of the conversation, I'd tell people that I'm from America. So they'd make a genuine effort to communicate with me, and not focus on how awkward I looked in the process. (And I'm sure that me being Jewish helped me fit it.)

On a side note, tourists and newcomers are expected to act a little crazy in Israel, due to something called Jerusalem Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_syndrome). It doesn't happen to all visitors, but it's common enough for society at large to be aware of it. So if someone goes there and doesn't act "normal" (read: like NTs expect), most people will attribute it to Jerusalem Syndrome and generally not care.

I really like this idea. I have thought about this many times, but I'm afraid that the problems will catch up on you, sooner or later. And then you gotta move again. "You gotta move", reminds me of a stones song.
I use to daydream about this. I really love the pacific north-west in USA and BC Canada, that would be my first choice. In fact I have checked the possibilities to get jobs over there, not very serious, just looked around on the web, but with this financial crisis and all, I believe it might be difficult. But one can dream, that's free.

I can definitely relate to this topic, too. I´m an American, and I´ve been living in European countries now for about the last 17 years. I don´t think I´ll ever go back to the States to live; in fact, I tried it once, but it didn´t work, and now I´m back in Europe. I just feel so much more accepted here, and I can ask questions- (actually, I´ve decided to do that anyway, not try to hide it anymore). Anyway, so- yes, I do find international situations much better.

I'm English but have lived in France for the last three years. Not sure if the French are more accepting or not to be honest, but my wife and me didn't move here to escape from anyone. Not all the new customs may be welcome to aspies though who may find French people too "touchy feely" - they like to shake hands and kiss a lot. I've also run into a small amount of "racism" but not really a problem.

One thing to watch out for is being ripped off. When we moved here we were taken advantage of because we did not know how certain things are done - being aspie may have made me even more susceptible to this too. Moving to a new country is a big upheaval especially if you have to learn a new language. There is good and bad. I'd hate to move back to England now though.

The more I hear about America puts me off it. I'd hate to live there, though perhaps the news articles about the place tend to pick up more on the bad things than the good. Certain states sound much worse than others too.

/\ The media dramatizes things. It's just the way things are. I can't imagine America or France being better then the other.

Exactly, I move on all the time, ever since I was 23...and i don't know how to stop, as soon as I start to feel the routine of a village or town, I move on

Well, I guess, I am going to be awfully boring if I tell that

when it is good - it is very, very good,...

when it is bad - it is horid...

Yeah, it is cool to go to a cool place, if you are cool there (offered a job for example).

But it is just going from bad to worse if you just go somewhere where you have very little prospects in life.

Yeah, people will forgive you your mess ups, but the more important is the fact - there will be even less people who would care. There would be even a greater abyss of a lonelyness, there will be isolation and Aspies are not those people who run away from other people. Aspies are those from whom people run away.....It is like screwing your life completely and totally, just because it is already skrewed in one way.