# Indiana area codes ranked (plus poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192 "2024-06-22T04:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/21 "2024-06-23T01:11:46Z")
I chose 317 because I lived in Carmel, IN for 2 years as a young teen. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/22 "2024-06-23T03:34:45Z")
Interesting. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/23 "2024-06-23T03:35:54Z")
How did you like it? I was in Indy for my first two years, but the first house I really remember was in Carmel (actually, “Unincorporated Clay Township”–not sure if it’s been annexed since then). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/24 "2024-06-23T14:23:08Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > How did you like it? I was 13 when we moved to Carmel, starting 9th grade there. As a new kid in town, I felt like an outsider and never really fit in well. The city was nice enough, but when we moved two years later I was happy to leave. I fit in better at my next destination. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/25 "2024-06-23T14:37:44Z")
I gotta go with 574 and 317, since I’ve had both - 317 being my current area code for the last 23 years. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/26 "2024-06-23T14:45:03Z")
219 because it’s closest to the south side of Chicago where I grew up. The best area code is 202. WDC where I lived in my 20s. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/27 "2024-06-23T14:47:53Z")
260 because Fort Wayne borders the much greater state to the north. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/28 "2024-06-23T14:56:12Z")
317! I live in Central Indiana, not far from Indianapolis. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/29 "2024-06-23T15:11:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And of course the 1s are superior to the 0s. Hard disagree. The best codes have 0 in the middle because the “oh” is a perfect break between any two other numbers. It sounds graceful. No that there’s anything wrong with one, but it just sounds like a number, not an interjection. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/30 "2024-06-23T15:20:41Z")
WOOT! Although I feel a bit distant from Indy at this point… ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/31 "2024-06-23T15:24:21Z")
I have a strong connection to Michigan too. I dated something up in Lansing, and one of my best friends is from the Flint area. I also get reports from da Yoop, as my first girlfriend lives there now. The only con of Michigan, to me, is that it is more separated from other major places, but that’s also a pro. It truly is a fabulous place. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/32 "2024-06-23T15:26:01Z")
If one isn’t from the area, one doesn’t know how many and what a huge variety of places that could be! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/33 "2024-06-23T15:31:22Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > I would agree that 212 is the greatest of area codes, but I’m not sure that **palindromity is a necessary condition for “coolness”!** But it is! We just hide our cool so LA/Hollywood don’t get jealous. **silenus** , Child of the 909. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/34 "2024-06-23T15:34:03Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Hard disagree. The best codes have 0 in the middle because the “oh” is a perfect break between any two other numbers. It sounds graceful. > > No that there’s anything wrong with one, but it just sounds like a number, not an interjection I hate to break it to you, but that thing in the middle is a zero. And the “zer” is _not_ silent. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/35 "2024-06-23T17:00:11Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > I have a strong connection to Michigan too. I dated something up in Lansing, and one of my best friends is from the Flint area. Are you stalking me? ;-D I lived in Flint for 2 years and Livonia (next to Detroit) for 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/36 "2024-06-23T18:52:53Z")
Most area codes used to avoid 1 or 0 in the last digit, as is proper and correct. I realize there are a couple of exceptions dating back to 1947, so I guess those are all right, but not the ones created in the 1990s. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/37 "2024-06-23T20:09:57Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I hate to break it to you, but that thing in the middle is a zero. Find me someone who pronounces 0 as “zero” in a phone number, and I’ll find you someone who is currently or will soon be a serial killer. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/38 "2024-06-24T19:47:27Z")
8 is my favorite number. And I lived in 812. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/39 "2024-06-25T13:08:50Z")
I’m nostalgic for Indianapolis zip code 46260, but not very. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-area-codes-ranked-plus-poll/1003192/40 "2024-06-25T18:44:49Z")
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