top US cities for text messaging

[Blake]

i found this kinda interesting...

sauce: http://www.getlisty.com/top-text-mes...ets-in-the-us/

From Scarborough Research

El Paso is the top U.S. city for text messaging according to consumer and media research firm Scarborough Research. Fifty-seven percent of cell phone subscribers age 18-plus in El Paso text message, versus 48 percent of adult cellular subscribers nationally. Other leading markets for text messaging include Salt Lake City, Dallas and Memphis. Fifty-five percent of cell subscribers in these cities utilize the text messaging feature on their phone. Scarborough finds that Fort Myers, FL, Charleston, WV, and Grand Rapids, MI are the local markets least likely to text message. Thirty-six percent of Fort Meyers and Charleston cellular subscribers utilize the text messaging feature on their phones, as do 35 percent of those in Grand Rapids, MI.

Youth and cultural diversity are two demographic commonalities among these so-called texters, according to Scarborough Research. These consumers are 49 percent more likely than all cellular subscribers to be ages 18-24, 14 percent more likely to be Hispanic, and 24 percent more likely to be African-American. Scarborough points to these similarities as likely reasons why El Paso, Salt Lake City, Dallas and Memphis are the top text messaging markets. El Paso and Dallas both have Hispanic compositions that are well above average. Further, Salt Lake City and El Paso are top markets for 18-24 year old adults, and Memphis is a leading city for African-Americans.

Scarborough Local Market Profile: Top Markets for Texters
(City/DMA and percent of cell phone subscribers who use the text messaging feature on their phone)

El Paso, TX 57
Salt Lake City, UT 55
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX 55
Memphis, TN 55
Cincinnati, OH 54
Washington, D.C. 54
Chattanooga, TN 53
Atlanta, GA 53
Oklahoma City, OK 52
Las Vegas, NV 52
Colorado Springs/Pueblo, CO 52
Los Angeles, CA 51
Chicago, IL 51
Sacramento/Stockton/, CA 51
Richmond/Petersburg, VA 51
Kansas City, MO 51
Phoenix, AZ 50
San Diego, CA 50
Houston, TX 50
Philadelphia, PA 50
Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM 50
New York, NY 50
Honolulu, HI 50
San Antonio, TX 50
Tucson, AZ 49
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL 49
Austin, TX 49
Tulsa, OK 49
Norfolk/Newport News, VA 49
Denver, CO 48
Providence/New Bedford, RI 48
Fresno/Visalia, CA 48
Columbus, OH 48
Birmingham, AL 48
Hartford/New Haven, CT 48
San Fran./Oak./San Jose, CA 48
Bakersfield, CA 48
New Orleans, LA 47
Syracuse, NY 47
Cleveland/Akron, OH 47
Spokane, WA 47
Pittsburgh, PA 47
Harlingen/Brownsville/ 47
McAllen, TX 47
Buffalo, NY 47
Seattle/Tacoma, WA 46
Nashville, TN 46
Rochester, NY 46
Charlotte, NC 46
Greenville/Asheville/ 45
Anderson, SC 45
Portland, OR 45
Baltimore, MD 45
Knoxville, TN 45
Detroit, MI 45
Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/ 44
York, PA 44
Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY 44
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA 44
Boston, MA 44
Orlando/D. Beach/Melbourne, FL 44
Raleigh/Durham, NC 44
Indianapolis, IN 44
Dayton, OH 43
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA 43
Jacksonville, FL 43
Des Moines/Ames, OA 43
Little Rock/Pine Bluff, AR 43
Mobile/Pensacola, FL 43
Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL 41
St. Louis, MO 41
Greensboro/High Point/ 41
Winston-Salem, NC 41
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 41
Wichita/Hutchinson, KS 41
Toledo, OH 41
Louisville, KY 40
West Palm Beach, FL 40
Lexington, KY 39
Milwaukee, WI 38
Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, MI 38
Green Bay/Appleton, WI 37
Fort Myers/Naples, FL 36
Charleston/Huntington, WV 36
Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle
Creek, MI 35

Source: Scarborough USA+ Release 1 2008

[Crimson92]

im suprised la isnt on the top of the list

[Blake]

Originally Posted by Crimson92

im suprised la isnt on the top of the list

me too, but knowing dallas very well, i'm not surprised we're near the top. most everyone i know texts more than calls. i, for example, talk about 500 minutes a month but text anywhere from 3,000-5,000 SMS messages a month...and that doesn't include email! el paso though, that's a total shock.

[DevJ]

i sent 14,560 messages last month

[Blake]

Originally Posted by DevJ

i sent 14,560 messages last month

holy shit! how the hell do you do that?! that's approximately 3 texts a minute, every minute, of every day in a month. i'm going to have to raise the flag. are you on a family shared plan?

[jhv]

Originally Posted by blakepilot

holy shit! how the hell do you do that?! that's approximately 3 texts a minute, every minute, of every day in a month. i'm going to have to raise the flag. are you on a family shared plan?

i cant believe you did the math on that lol

[Kensta335]

Originally Posted by jh valley

i cant believe you did the math on that lol

eh his math is all wrong It's more like 1 text per 3 minutes.

[lauer87]

Originally Posted by Kensta335

eh his math is all wrong It's more like 1 text per 3 minutes.

+1, and if you assume he sleeps on average 7 hours a day its closer to 1 every 2 mins

[JL330i_UT]

Salt Lake City FTW!!!
keep up the good work

[jhv]

Originally Posted by Kensta335

eh his math is all wrong It's more like 1 text per 3 minutes.

Originally Posted by lauer87

+1, and if you assume he sleeps on average 7 hours a day its closer to 1 every 2 mins

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[Blake]

glad i didn't get a degree in math.

[BMW_TT]

I'm so proud of Dallas

[Speedtrap]

Employers in UK even fire their staff using text messages...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/12..._compensation/

[Scorpion]

Originally Posted by Speedtrap

Employers in UK even fire their staff using text messages...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/12..._compensation/

That's gotta be a crappy way to go lol.

[Tondtar]

Originally Posted by Speedtrap

Employers in UK even fire their staff using text messages...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/12..._compensation/

Originally Posted by Scorpion

That's gotta be a crappy way to go lol.

Specially if they get their pink slip via a text message reading, "ges wat? U go now!"

[Scorpion]

Originally Posted by Tondtar

Specially if they get their pink slip via a text message reading, "ges wat? U go now!"

Lol, the first thought that would come to my mind if I got a text msg saying I'm fired would be. This is a joke right?....RIGHT???