Where in the world is the heaviest concentration of vegans? Not vegetarians. Vegans.?

Answer 1

I have heard that there are large popualtions of Indian vegans. On here it seems most vegans live in the UK or in California.

Interesting question!

Answer 2

Absolute number? I'm pretty sure it would be somewhere in the U.S, likely on the West Coast.

In terms of concentration, I think a Mahayana (Chinese or Taiwanese) Buddhist monastery would be it (or any community with orthodox Mahayana Buddhists). Theravada (Thai) Buddhists have no prohibition against meat, and even most unorthodox Mahayanas (average Joes) eat meat. I'd say over 95% of them do.

Indians are mostly lacto vegetarian, not vegan, because Hinduism has no prohibition against dairy products. It actually encourages it. Milk and butter are repeatedly mentioned in Hindu religious texts. Of course, cows were not factory farmed in those days.
Buddhists (whether meat eating or not) rarely consume dairy products because it has never been part of their culture. The exception is Tibetan Buddhists.

Answer 3

Portland, Oregon is often called the "Vegan Mecca". The city has a higher concentration (relative to its size & Population) of vegan restaurants and vegan options in non-vegan restaurants. Portland is also the home of Herbivore magazine, Food Fight Vegan Grocery, Scapegoat vegan tattoo shop and many other vegan businesses.

I don't know if it is true statistically, but that is my best guess.

Answer 4

From a completely unreliable source:

India
------- The most concentrated population of vegetarians (and vegans) is in India, where many avoid meat of religious reasons. However, because of the nature of statistical information about India, it is not clear how many really avoid meat, and how many do that out of principle (religious or ideological) reasons, as opposed to those who cannot afford meat. Because of the religious nature of vegetarianism, it is also possible that people “beautify” their answers at polls, and occasional meat-eaters claim to be vegetarians. Most Indian vegetarians are lacto-vegetarians (who drink milk but avoid eggs), and this counts, according to U.S. Dept. of Agriculture data, to 20-30% of the population. Large parts of the remaining 70% are only occasional meat-eaters, and don’t eat animal products regularly (See: Wikipedia, Vegetarianism, ).

Answer 5

Vegas.

Answer 6

I would imagine California or somewhere in Asia.....both have high densities of people concerned with their diets.

Answer 7

I would go with Berkley, Davis, and S.F.

Those cities are all full of weirdos. S.F. wants to blow up it's own water supply. Jeezus, talk about stupid. CA is dieing for water and they want to cut off their own. You know what that means....yep, rob it from the farmers.

Answer 8

I would guess in the western states. We tend to be more health-concious out here.

Answer 9

?NYC?

Percentage wise? Portland or SF?

Answer 10

San Fransisco. Bunch of hippies. lol.