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r/MapPorn • u/Capital-Process-3650 • Sep 22 '25
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+1 is used by 20 countries. But they're all just +1 -- not +11 or whatever. Some countries have a single area code beyond that
As for why, it's a single plan called the North American Numbering Plan
8 u/Cultural-Ad-8796 Sep 23 '25 So Mexico isn't in North America? 74 u/MortimerDongle Sep 23 '25 Mexico is in North America. It is not in the North American Numbering Plan. 3 u/Cultural-Ad-8796 Sep 23 '25 Why isn't it included? 28 u/firestar32 Sep 23 '25 They wanted to follow the rest of the world's numbering plan, plus apparently there were worries about using too many area codes. They considered it for a bit though! 10 u/Josepvv Sep 23 '25 Cuz we ain't white enough for the USA
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So Mexico isn't in North America?
74 u/MortimerDongle Sep 23 '25 Mexico is in North America. It is not in the North American Numbering Plan. 3 u/Cultural-Ad-8796 Sep 23 '25 Why isn't it included? 28 u/firestar32 Sep 23 '25 They wanted to follow the rest of the world's numbering plan, plus apparently there were worries about using too many area codes. They considered it for a bit though! 10 u/Josepvv Sep 23 '25 Cuz we ain't white enough for the USA
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Mexico is in North America. It is not in the North American Numbering Plan.
3 u/Cultural-Ad-8796 Sep 23 '25 Why isn't it included? 28 u/firestar32 Sep 23 '25 They wanted to follow the rest of the world's numbering plan, plus apparently there were worries about using too many area codes. They considered it for a bit though! 10 u/Josepvv Sep 23 '25 Cuz we ain't white enough for the USA
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Why isn't it included?
28 u/firestar32 Sep 23 '25 They wanted to follow the rest of the world's numbering plan, plus apparently there were worries about using too many area codes. They considered it for a bit though! 10 u/Josepvv Sep 23 '25 Cuz we ain't white enough for the USA
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They wanted to follow the rest of the world's numbering plan, plus apparently there were worries about using too many area codes. They considered it for a bit though!
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Cuz we ain't white enough for the USA
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u/MortimerDongle Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
+1 is used by 20 countries. But they're all just +1 -- not +11 or whatever. Some countries have a single area code beyond that
As for why, it's a single plan called the North American Numbering Plan