The Cellphone-Free Town of Green Bank, West Virginia

This article is being re-posted to add a recent video on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, a "quiet zone" where cell phone transmissions, Wi-Fi, and even microwave ovens are restricted by law.

The cellphone-free town in West Virginia that offers people who are 'allergic' to radio waves escape from the modern world
by Daily Mail Reporter, 12 April 2013

Wireless electronics are banned in Green Bank, West Virginia

It is in the National Radio Quiet Zone, which was set up to minimize disturbance around the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Town has just 147 residents, including people who believe they suffer from 'electromagnetic sensitivity' which leaves them in pain

A life without cell phones, iPads or WiFi may seem a daunting prospect to many of us, but in the town of Green Bank, West Virginia, where every electronic device is banned, the residents like it that way.
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