Are there any pay phones left? any telephone booths?

Are there any pay phones left? any telephone booths?
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Haven’t seen one in a number of years. And besides the instances you cite above, I often imagine how many stories and films would have to be changed if made in these cellphone times. An Affair to Remember? “Hey, i’m runnin’ late. C u in 20 min.”
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