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probably depends where you are moving. Here in NC there are so many transplants it is not at all unusual to have an out of state area code.We changed our phone numbers because we had flip phones when we moved here in 2010 but after a couple years moved to Smart phones and we changed our numbers then. My sister has lived here 10 years and still has her NY phone #. No one cares.
Change it. You want to look like a local, not an out of state (likely) spammer. Your friends and ongoing contacts don't care... we all dial from contact lists now anyway. They'll just change the number in their phones.
Actually, the reverse is true and is a great reason not to change your number. Over the last 10 years, I've moved from Maryland to D.C. to Nevada and now to Florida, but I've kept the same Maryland number. So whenever I get a call from area code 301, I know right away that it's a spammer and I can immediately reject it. Moreover, I don't get any spam or spoofed calls from my present local area codes because I don't have a local area code number.
Actually, the reverse is true and is a great reason not to change your number. Over the last 10 years, I've moved from Maryland to D.C. to Nevada and now to Florida, but I've kept the same Maryland number. So whenever I get a call from area code 301, I know right away that it's a spammer and I can immediately reject it. Moreover, I don't get any spam or spoofed calls from my present local area codes because I don't have a local area code number.
Great point on spam calls. They spoof area code and at least three first digits of your number. Bottom line, if it's an unknown number and no vm, it is spam.
I'm from Tennessee, but got a new number when I moved to Indianapolis five years ago. I kept that Indiana number.
At this point, my phone number is out there in databases for work and such. Changing it would be a hassle. With that said, a lot of locals will not answer on the first call because they aren't familiar with the area code and assume it's just spam or something.
No. It made no sense. I moved to Michigan 13 years ago and i still keep my California cell number. Too many people have that number, and I wold never figure out everyone I need to get in touch with to give them a new number.
My prefix is 714 and one of our local prefixes is 734, so often when I tell people my number, they write 734 instead of 714, so I am always careful to repeat 714 three times. Otherwise it has not been a problem at all. One benefit is robocalls show up as being from 714. I know that if I do not recognize the number and it is not in my contacts, do not answer it. It will roll over to voice mail anyway so if it is some long lost friend or business acquaintance, they can leave a message. That has only happened twice in 13 years anyway, and one of them was someone I did not want to talk to. So I wold say it works great to have an out of stat number.
transfer old number to google voice, get a local number and you can have both
I'm doing the opposite. I kept my old number on my phone and I give out the "local" Google Voice number (that also rings on my phone) when I want local people to call me.
I also discovered that the Google Voice number gets almost no spam calls, because it is in an area of this county that is poverty-stricken. Telemarketers apparently don't want to sell to people there!
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