Gotta catch 'em all!
The only times I've used a payphone in my life were the first few years I lived in Los Angeles and only had a pager from 2000 - 2002ish.
The only one in my area is the CHP station. There is a nice restored one in a booth nearby at a real estate office but not connected.
I have 2 public phone booths within 300m from my house, and they work. I guess Bell Canada needs to keep maintaining them because of historical licensing as an incumbent phone carrier.
This is SOOO in my wheelhouse- I really wish I lived in CA to play this.