— What meanings/connotations do NYC area codes carry? Check out P•Feld with the subtle palindromic number pun while discussing NYC’s evolving area code geography and mobile/land-line portability.

I vaguely recall bygone days of the Bronx 212, and of dialing just the last seven. And I’ve had my 917 mobile since StarTacs and RecSpecs were my jam.

1. zerbit liked this
2. mandalay answered: I feel lucky sometimes that I was able to get a 202 cell number because it is so old. (2000!)
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6. funsize reblogged this from peterfeld and added:

   Peter, tell us again about the “landlines”

7. funsize answered: tell us again about landlines, peter
8. Natalia answered: So, what about 347 cell phone and 347 a landline which I got a year ago from Cablevision, am I moving up or down?:)))
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10. disgustingthingsihaveeaten answered: I have 718 if that is the question you are asking.
11. stolencamera answered: I’ve got hos in different area codes.
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16. talkinghead answered: people in philly dumpster dive and build their own phones from trash.
17. boutofcontext reblogged this from peterfeld and added:

    What meanings/connotations do NYC area codes carry? Check...subtle palindromic number pun...

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21. kmase answered: 347!
22. Sean answered: Does the MAN’s “you’re probably one of those women who doesn’t like to give out her number” line really work that well?
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24. feistyred answered: I know 2 people who have them.
25. brownrice answered: 212 has nothing to do with old. 212 means you’re a real New Yorker. Nothing else matters.
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29. andrearosen reblogged this from peterfeld and added:

    You’re probably one...those women who doesn’t like...her...

30. souplines reblogged this from peterfeld and added:

    Young manhattanite is neither. Meh peterfeld:

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32. ninety9 reblogged this from peterfeld and added:

    phones, to take pressure off 718...Some of the phone number scarcity had to do with...

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34. peterfeld reblogged this from youngmanhattanite and added:

    YM FTW on this one. You can find a raft of articles from the ’90s about the anxiety of people begging for a 212 when...

35. chloelikedolivia reblogged this from youngmanhattanite and added:

    Ha! I should have just refused to participate and kept my ancient 708 number.

36. ohrohin answered: 347 = east new york :(
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38. youngmanhattanite reblogged this from ryanbrown and added:

    This is all wrong. “212” means you have a landline, which means you are old, unless it is a business number, in which...

39. 6h057 answered: All my area code associations come from The Roots introducing them. You know, all the way live from the 215.
40. bulicks answered: The other day I unfriended someone on Facebook for updating: “New phone number to take advantage of getting a 212!”
41. ninety9 answered: 212 means you are an old. But it’s easy to get one now (where is the Seinfeld link?). I’ve had my 347 since 2001. Don’t know what that means.
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