A thought I had this morning about neurodivergence and the modern world - opinions appreciated!

It might have been easier to fly under the radar in some respects, I think there were jobs were you could hide, like sweeping factory floors and stuff, but would you have been able to hide socially? That I'm not to sure of, smaller comunities often means more surveilance and gossip, if you can't partake in the gossip or if some of your habits are a bit different then that could cause problems, if you were a woman in the 16th-18th centuries that difference could be fatal, leading you to be branded a witch and executed. So I really think it would depend on when you born, what gender you were and how well off your family were, if you were wealthy then I'm sure you could get away with more and just be classed as eccentric, although if you were unlucky you could of ended up in Bedlam. 

I think some of the classically female autistic traits such as being quiet, shy and "modest" were/are ones favoured by a patriarchal society and autistic women could of been valued for those "virtues", but I suppse it would depend on whether your huband remained happy with you being unable to support him in his social ambitions?

Would of been happy as a 1950'd housewife? Or a 1950's man?

You are right to highlight the anonymity of cities. The perverse  isolation of being with too many people who are too busy to notice.

But while gossip happens more in smaller communities, they are not always unsupportive. You'd be playing a postcode lottery, but then you still do.

I have always been drawn to the past. I live in a 160 yr old small house, my pub is a 400 yr old coaching in, the florist he as old as exposed wooden beams, a couple of shops have old bullseye glass, I like castles, monasteries, stately homes, etc.

The best example was a long time ago, I spent a month in Silverton in Colorado. It was an old silver mining town, with a steam train, small quiet, not so far removed from a movie set.

When I drove back to Denver the culture shock of the glass and metal buildings was significant. I realised then I don't like the modern world 

In my first job I had an office, an in and out tray, a tea lady came round, we had a typist, I wrote things on paper, you were invited to meetings on paper. It was old fashioned even for the time and was right at the end. But I miss it.

I have few gadgets. I can type faster than I can write though, and is suits my sometimes scattered thoughts.

I think a slower life of say 50 years ago was less demanding. But I think this is not just an ASC issue.

You are right to highlight the anonymity of cities. The perverse  isolation of being with too many people who are too busy to notice.

But while gossip happens more in smaller communities, they are not always unsupportive. You'd be playing a postcode lottery, but then you still do.

I have always been drawn to the past. I live in a 160 yr old small house, my pub is a 400 yr old coaching in, the florist he as old as exposed wooden beams, a couple of shops have old bullseye glass, I like castles, monasteries, stately homes, etc.

The best example was a long time ago, I spent a month in Silverton in Colorado. It was an old silver mining town, with a steam train, small quiet, not so far removed from a movie set.

When I drove back to Denver the culture shock of the glass and metal buildings was significant. I realised then I don't like the modern world 

In my first job I had an office, an in and out tray, a tea lady came round, we had a typist, I wrote things on paper, you were invited to meetings on paper. It was old fashioned even for the time and was right at the end. But I miss it.

I have few gadgets. I can type faster than I can write though, and is suits my sometimes scattered thoughts.

I think a slower life of say 50 years ago was less demanding. But I think this is not just an ASC issue.