OK, I thought people were LEAVING California. So why are we getting yet another area code?? As of now, California has 38 area codes. On November 1st of this year, we'll have 39. WTF??
Greater Los Angeles already has 17 area codes... 19 if you count the Palm Springs area.
So come November 1st, Greater LA will have 18 or 20 area codes, depending on what you consider Greater LA.
From KTLA:
Los Angeles is getting a new area code
Yeah, it's likely that people who are leaving California are hanging on to their area codes with their cell phones... But that would mean that more people and businesses would have to be moving in to California to take untaken numbers and max them out, triggering the need for a new area code, right?