[nimajneb]

I've had my cell phone phone number for at least 15 years, maybe even 20. I wonder if I should just keep it forever even though it's from an area 2.5 hours from where I live. I think it's 2 area codes away. It also makes it easy to filter spam, I can either recognize the number (stored contact) or know it's a person actually for me (local area code) or it's spam (phone numbers area code).

[maerF0x0]

at least in my experience in the USA area codes are now at most nostalgia, if not meaningless. They leak a bit of info about where you signed up, but I cannot think of a person who bothered to cycle their number to correct the area code.