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Area Codes

One area of geography that I was thinking of tonight is area codes. These are the small 3 digit set of numbers that are placed in front of your phone number to help identify where you live. What your area code in a large city area such as Minneapolis/St. Paul often dictates what area of the metro you reside in.

I think area codes serve an important purpose when making calls because they help to organize the phone number system that we use in the country. They are also important in the population geography of an area. I remember when Minneapolis/St. Paul had 1 area code (612), but now I believe they have 4 (612, 952, 763, 651). The number of area codes in this case clearly shows that Minneapolis/St. Paul has required the addition of additional area codes as suburbs and areas of the metro continue growth. Check out the Area Code website I found, and notice the pattern of a larger population equals more area codes.

Area Codes

posted by Kevin Hurd @ 4/23/2006 11:55:00 PM