she used to live out in California and decided to take her number with her to a new location for convience sake.  This is true for both cell phones and land lines now.

Area Codes are no longer a reliable indicator as to where a person resides.

Keeping area codes as mrfisher said also helps in searching for reviews of the provider and allows existing customers to contact the provider. Changing numbers means contacting existing customers with the new number which is not very discreet and also updating TER profiles, etc

Area codes mean nothing anymore

As mrfisher said, people take their numbers with them.  One of the reasons for deregulation was so people could have lifetime numbers.

I've had mine for 15+ years (I got into cell phones earlier than most...) but I still run into people wondering why I don't have a local number.

With the advent of nationwide free long distance it's starting to do away with the need for 800#s too.

Happy Dialing,
TS Jamie

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She moved

She bought a pre-paid phone in CA

She travels and that is home base

Someone else pays the bill and they are in CA

Her dear old Mother/Father/Grandparents live in CA and she wants it to be a local call for them

She's got the 411 on the 213 and she wants to keep it that way...right.

When you meet her, in the middle of a great BBBJ, ask her why she has a CA number...if you care at that point...lol!

my question is the opposite..

..why do all of the visiting ladies have local area codes? I only look for the independent girls, but when I search for reviews I may get a very different description of the girl I'm looking at. Sometimes it has several names with several different descriptions. btw, I still don't have the courage to call one yet!