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America's Disappearing Pay Phones
"Thanks to the rise of the cellphone, there are only about 425,000 pay phones left nationwide, down from a peak of 2.2 million in 2000, according to the American Public Communications Council, a trade group representing many of the country's roughly 800 independent pay-phone operators." For a little perspective, that number is slightly smaller than the total population of Staten Island.
Soooo what you're saying is that everyone who lives on Staten Island is free to keep using their beloved pay phones?!
@zmack DAMNIT
Also, they are expensive! I forgot my cell phone once on a trip a few years ago and had to call my ride from a pay phone at the airport. It was 50 cents! Saying "drop two quarters" on someone just doesn't sound right.
So everyone on Staten Island has their OWN PAY PHONE? I guess that sort of OPPULENT LUXURY is just how life goes on Staten Island.
In related news, rates of ear herpes have dropped drastically.
It's getting harder and harder to return my pages.