Yeah, but if the choice is having a cell phone and, therefore, having email, text messaging and the ability to get a job, or not having a cell phone...If the choice is eating or having a cell phone, I know what I'm choosing.
I mean, it's not at all practical to be disconnected. It's not 1995 when a cell phone was mostly a luxury on top of a home phone and a computer. Now it replaces the home phone and is the computer (at least for the poor). The whole notion of cell phones being luxury items is a holdover from a previous generation. email, web access, messaging, phone all wrapped into one is not only not a luxury, but it's the cheapest way to get access to what you need to do a job search and be employable.