answer:Back in California I live in a lower to middle class suburban city in the east bay area. Most kids in high school, and some kids in middle school tend to have cell phones, but not all of them have unlimited texting plans, so not all of them are texting 24/7. I noticed this made a big difference when I had a cell phone too; if I could only use my cell phone for calls, you’d never see me with it, but if my parents gave me so many texts a month, I’d use them up easily. So I guess its not really a matter of who has enough money for a cell phone, but more what kind of a plan you have. I’ve seen homeless people with track phones, and the majority of teens that live in the rural town I live in now all seem to at least own phones – just in case of an emergency. I have the feeling they don’t text as much not only because most can’t afford plans, but also because their parents have more conservative values and don’t want to see their kids tuned into technology all them time. These are parents who also don’t want their kids to read a book or watch TV when their eating dinner, which really isn’t part of class or even political agenda, but they’re the people I usually come upon in rural Illinois rather than suburban California.