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Area Code, Sweet Area Code

Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:23:12 -0500

By MAGGIE MASTER
The New York Times

WASHINGTON

JAY works in communications for a Washington think tank, but if you
want to give him a ring, try Boston. Samantha studies international
relations in Dupont Circle, but you'll have to call San Francisco to
find her. Michele has been a congressional aide on Capitol Hill for
nearly four years, but ask for her number, and you'll be calling
Starkville, Miss.

In a city known for its revolving door of young professionals,
graduate students and eager-eyed Hill staffers, many a mobile phone
number proves that home is where the cell is.

Like a rear-windshield decal or an old college T-shirt, a cellphone
number has become as much a part of an identity as a Social Security
number. It represents a hometown, a college or a first job, and such
memories are not casually thrown aside for a few good years with a 202
romance. For these area-code clingers, those 10 little digits provide
a constant in the face of changing locations and uncertain futures.

And, hey, it's great small talk.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/fashion/sundaystyles/19CELL.html?ex=1298005200&en=23ad42e74bdcd66f&ei=5090

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