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Absolutely not. I kept my 907 area code number when I retired to Arizona. A lot of the retirees there also keep their old number. Just as well, as I moved back to Alaska 16 months later. It would be much too inconvenient to change my number with family, friends, associates, businesses, etc, etc. I get all kinds of text alerts, from my credit card companies when there is a charge, financial institutions when they do two-factor authentication, ISPs when I have to do a password reset and a whole host of other reasons. I consider my number to be my lifetime number.
I've had my phone number for a long time at this stage and I trying to decide whether I'll change it for the new area code.
I didn't, mainly because I have the same phone. I would probably have to change it when I get a new phone, and that number would be for my new location.
It hasn't caused me any problems, mainly because I don't use my phone much. I THINK it's a long distance call for local people to call my cell, if they are calling from a landline. But I'm not sure.
I've had my phone number for a long time at this stage and I trying to decide whether I'll change it for the new area code.
I just prefer keeping the same number for years as many others do as well. Local area codes seem to be less important than local ones are today. When people and facilities get your number it gets entered into their system so why have to think about changing all of this?
If you are job hunting at the new location, change it to the local area code. Since I'm retired, I don't bother and I'm in my third state with the old area code.
I've kept mine. I've had it for a long time. If I change it now, I'll probably forget the new number.
I almost changed mine but, in the end, as others have said, kept mine because I had it for so long. It actually has helped because scammers call with my old area code and if I don't recognize the number, I don't answer. I've never had one of them leave a message.
When we moved from Colorado to Kansas I originally kept my number, even when my phone croaked and I had to get a new one. It was a little confusing for some folks here as they were similar (720 vs 620). Then my new phone fell into a glass of water a couple of years later, so when I replaced it I went ahead and changed it to the local area code. I think, for me, that changing it also made me feel like I belonged here, just like getting a Kansas driver's license. Kind of like I was accepting that this was my home now.
Nope, didn't change mine when we moved across the country. I got a free Google Voice number in the new area code, and forward to my cell. Now we're moving back to a different area code in the old state, and I'm still not going to change it.
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