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Why telephone area codes favored people with rotary dials
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Before digital keypads existed, rotating a mechanical wheel took actual time and effort. When mapping out geographic numbering, planners assigned the quickest numerical sequences to the most heavily populated regions to save massive amounts of collective effort. If you lived in a sparse rural area, you were permanently subjected to the grueling task of pulling nines and eights.
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