Phone call to where?

[Backwoods-Savage]

A Texan in Detroit needed to call a friend from a pay phone. “Deposit $1.85 please,” instructed the operator. Pulling himself up to full height and dropping into his thickest Texas drawl, he objected, “Ma’am, I’m from Texas, and in Texas we can place a call to Hell and back for $1.85!” “I understand, sir,” retorted the operator, “but in Texas, that’s a local call.”