Area Codes
   A 
different take (from that of Ludacris) on area codes, specifically as they relate to 20somethings in DC:
   
    Like a rear-windshield decal or an old college T-shirt, a cellphone number has become as much a part of an identity as a Social Security number. It represents a hometown, a college or a first job, and such memories are not casually thrown aside for a few good years with a 202 romance. For these area-code clingers, those 10 little digits provide a constant in the face of changing locations and uncertain futures.  
  
 I converted to 917 when I moved to NY.  But I think that I'm taking it with me if I ever leave NY.