America's Top Texting Cities


	America's Top Texting Cities

Elizabeth Woyke

11-25-2008 6:36 PM

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texting, cellphones, top cities

Elizabeth Woyke says:

If this sounds like a Forbes.com slideshow, well, it isn't...yet. Scarborough Research has identified the U.S. cities with the most texters. El Paso, Salt Lake City and Dallas/Fort Worth top the list, in part because young people and minorities are particularly text-happy. Click through for the full (very long) list.

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