How important is your city?

[Angel_Grace_Blue 0]

It was stated (However this could be horribly wrong) in the book Microserfs that you could determine how important your city was 'circa 1950s' based solely upon area code. Simply add up the numbers (A zero counts as ten) to see how you stack up. The basis for this is that NYC has the lowest area code (212), and that was easiest to dial on a rotary phone. LA with 213 follows, so we know that those cities are important, but what of others?

 

I've gone from 915 (El Paso, TX), a 15, to 601 (Petal, MS), a 17, to now 334 (Auburn, AL), a 10. I guess I'm doing well.

[MrRant 0]

I've gone from 206 a 18 (Seattle) to 360 a 19 (Everything outside of Seattle) to 715 a 13 (Las Vegas) to 425 a 11 (places close to Seattle but not quite Seattle)

[Guest Vitamin X]

Miami (3+10+5=18) is that much more important than New York (2+1+2=5)??

[snuffbox 0]

I live in a lil redneck town of about 500 people...627 = 15....hmm..

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

I'm at a 12 now (516). Before I was at a 16 (718). Thats bad.

[Angel_Grace_Blue 0]

Miami (3+10+5=18) is that much more important than New York (2+1+2=5)??

No, the lower the number the better...

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

Miami (3+10+5=18) is that much more important than New York (2+1+2=5)??

 

EDIT FOR CORRECT MATH

 

Parsonsburg = (4+1+10=15)

[Nighthawk 0]

If that's how it was then, it's wrong now.

 

By the way, 0 is ten, therefore Parsonsburg is 15.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

If that's how it was then, it's wrong now.

 

By the way, 0 is ten, therefore Parsonsburg is 15.

Oh..I missed that part.

[Guest The Decadent Slacker]

From a 24 (Lakeport, CA) to a 28 (Redlands, CA) back to a 24 (Ukiah, CA). Yay for me.

[spiny norman 0]

Sydney is (02). Twelve. That sounds about right. Proof that we are better than Melbourne (03).

[Angel_Grace_Blue 0]

That's the thing, Norman, I'm not sure how things go for non-US cities, as that wasn't addressed in the book...but from the looks of it, I guess it applies. We just need some British and Canadians to reply and see what kind of numbers they've got.

[teke184 0]

Baton Rouge (formerly 504) to Hattiesburg, MS (601), back to Baton Rouge (now 225)

 

That's 19 (5+10+4) to 17 (6+10+1) to 9 (2+2+5)

 

(The (504) to (225) changeover happened around the same time I left for college.)

[JHawk 0]

I actually went from a 10 to a 16 without ever moving. Damn added area codes.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

412 -- but then again SW PA sucks...

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Ottawa. 613=10, which is lower than Toronto (416=11) and the GTA (905=14).

[The Czech Republic 0]

I started in 708 (15) but they re-divided the suburbs so I fell under 847 (19) then. When I moved to 414 (9) that soon changed to 262 (10). Now I'm in 815 (14).

 

It's a junk theory because they've added new area codes, and if it was based on importance, every area I was in would be 111. Ohhhhhh yeah.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Ottawa. 613=10, which is lower than Toronto (416=11) and the GTA (905=14).

Don't front on the 905. We hold it down f'real.

[Guest T®ITEC]

Born and raised in a 24 (5+10+9). Eastern Washington. Now I'm in a 19 (8+10+1). Salt Lake City.

 

Bottom line: please kill me. Thank you.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

-Started in an 8 (215)

 

-Moved to a 19 (973) for 2 years

 

-Back to an 8 (215)

[DerangedHermit 0]

First 516 (Suffolk/Nassau pre-1999, current Nassau, it was a 12), then they changed all of Suffolk to 631 (10)....more proof Suffolk > Nassau

[Ace309 0]

Just moved from a 14 (716) to a 5 (212). Goooo me.

[2GOLD 0]

I live in a 302.

 

So wait, my little weak ass town is better than Salt Lake City? Well then, where the hell is OUR NBA franchise?

[MooreMark 0]

Ottawa.  613=10, which is lower than Toronto (416=11) and the GTA (905=14).

Don't front on the 905. We hold it down f'real.

Bout!

 

9 + 0(10) + 5 = 24

 

My cellphone is 647.. which is 17.

[Shooting Star 0]

Right now i am at 27(809) and i used to be at 22(787).

[Fökai 0]

26 in the summer (Hawaii - 808).

 

10 in the remaining months (Oregon - 541).

[Red Baron 0]

905 For me.

 

Stupid Toronto and Ottawa, they have "better numbers", but down in the Niagara Penninsula, we've got great wine, and a canal, and Niagara Falls, and great strip clubs.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

I guess southeastern MA/Northern RI is pretty important, considering we have a 23 (508). Boston's is only 14 (517), and Lowell's is 16 (781).

[MrRant 0]

Born and raised in a 24 (5+10+9). Eastern Washington. Now I'm in a 19 (8+10+1). Salt Lake City.

 

Bottom line: please kill me. Thank you.

Just move the fuck back to WA.

 

Well... when your a grown up.

[cue_meanie 0]

my cell phone is 905 = 24. My house phone is 519 = 15, so I'll go with the rural Ontario instead of St Catharines...