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In response to "But a kid doesn't necessarily have to know it, if he knows the city he lives in. -- nm" by mara

wouldn't your cell number also be the area code you live in, in almost all cases? -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Dec 27 '12, 12:50

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my area code on my cell has been wrong for 3 states now (its CA area code) but have not changed it through my moves -- nm - Capstern Dec 27, 12:52
not if there's an overlay (two area codes for the same geographical area) -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 12:52
not necessarily. in NYC there are 3-4 area codes overlapping (don;t know how many at this point). -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 12:52 8
- iirc, there's 5 all together, but any given borough uses at most three of them -- nm - znufrii Dec 27, 12:52 4
  - 918 is everywhere, IIRC. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 12:53 3
    - 917, but they just added 929 to the outer boroughs as well - znufrii Dec 27, 12:55 2
      - that's six total. counting is hard. :) -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 12:55 1
        
        yes, I was correcting my previous statement. - znufrii Dec 27, 12:56
- we have 5. i am just saying, i don't see the difference between a cell and a home line for area code knowledge. -- nm - Andie Dec 27, 12:52 2
  - I know a lot of people who have moved but keep their cell phone numbers so they have long distance area codes (which used to be a pain when phone - pmb Dec 27, 13:07
  - me neither. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 12:52
A lot...but cells with different area codes are becoming increasingly more common (around here anyway.) It's weird. -- nm - Jim Dec 27, 12:51 2
- I know many people who live in MD/VA and have a DC area code for their cell phone. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 27, 12:52 1
  - I've got people in Illinois with StL codes and people in StL with mid-missouri codes. no idea why -- nm - Jim Dec 27, 12:53

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