Green Bank: The American town where people live without cell phones or computers.

GREEN BANK VIRGINIA –

No TV and CellComputers and internet are turned off. No Wi-Fi connection. We are not on the moon, on another planet, or in a fairy-tale world, but in modern America, and specifically in the small town of Green Bank, in the state of Virginia.here, by law, there is an absolute ban on using electronic or electromagnetic wave devices: thus the area was transformed into  quiet zone, completely free from any kind of interference, more or less like what happens on airplanes during takeoff and landing. And the reason for such a radical choice is the fact that not far from the small Virginia town, the Bank Telescope, the largest radio telescope in the world, is in operation 24 hours a day, whose highly sensitive sensors could be affected by the presence of other electronic devicesHence the decision to circumscribe the area and make it absolutely quiet.

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IN AMERICA, THE COUNTRY WITHOUT INTERNET AND CELL PHONES –

However, this does not displease the residents of Green Bank who, at this point, have transformed the ban into a new opportunity to the tourist industry: and people come to the town from all over America to enjoy a few days of electronic fasting. Far from cell phone calls or the deluge of television programs. Furthermore, In an age of frequent technological stress, Green Bank is becoming a new paradigm for life. And the population of the small town has even increased.Miracle of the quiet zone .

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