They're also for social connectivity in that they're maintained for the suicide hotline at this point.
It’s a small thing, but if the reporter picked this story due to their name, I appreciate that decision.
https://youtu.be/Clgl63CWOkM?si=CZQEzUsY9gWjWbLU
He did it so well, the modification stayed in place for years.
If you can do it right, I say go for it.
https://cao.lacity.gov/budget25-26/Budget_Summary/2025-26Bud...
That's like saying "At Google alone they spent X dollars" as if it was indicative of companies in general.
To be fair if you mean Kenneth Hahn, and are referring to when he was LA County Chair in 1978, obviously that would be a much larger sum relatively. But it's the largest city in CA now and it was then too.
I wonder how Satellite services that just started to rise lately would change the dead spot issue.
Could be paid for by that chamber of commerce in the background. In turn paid for by business that benefits from more people coming into shops.
Let’s see if they will sustain :)
The fact that mobile phones took off after the movie and replaced pay phones could also suggest that most people don’t want to escape the Matrix and realised that ignorance is bliss.
(Just saying what Cypher would say)
They've proven useful for natural disasters and victims of domestic violence/coercive control.
Since these phone booths tend to also show street advertising, it might be a way of preserving that revenue stream, while providing a reason for communities to want to keep the mostly redundant phone booths.
This post made me realise how much work and cost goes into keeping a public phone running, including painting, repairs, cleaning, replacing vandalised parts, paying for electricity, and even sending people out to collect the coins. I didn't even know that was an actual job.
https://cities-today.com/australian-cities-win-appeal-over-t...
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