All the payphones have been turned into little homes for defibrillators.

Yes, there are a few in my nearby airport.

https://www.payphone-directory.org for folks in the US, with a few other countries reachable if you scroll down.

No

Yeah they’re everywhere in my city still, they’ve even made them all free

Last one I knew of got vandalized during the pandemic and was never repaired.

There are still a handful of them around. I used one the last time my cell phone broke lol

My small town has the stand for a public phone on the corner of one of the convenience stores, but the phone itself was removed years ago.

The only public phones I’ve seen in the last 20 or so years that were still operational, were the phone banks at airports I’ve been in. And some of those were not even old style phones; they were video phones that I am guessing worked off the internet and not a normal phone line.

Payphones across Australia are free for domestic calls, and also transmit free wifi. :)

https://www.telstra.com.au/consumer-advice/payphones

Once in a while, you’ll find broken down ones on the walls in diners and schools.

We haven’t had them in decades. They can only be found in museums.

Yes, we have in one in our tiny rural village here in Australia. I think its good, all calls are now free calls on “payphones” in Australia, so people in difficult domestic situations could use it for example.

There’s one across the street from my apartment building. In this day and age that’s probably enough info to dox myself.

Seems like they would be good in certain places.

No. Not that I know of anyway. I actually have a “landline” still, although it’s technically voip. It costs next to nothing, it’s handy in emergencies, and I don’t necessarily want everyone to have my cell number.

have you ever seen a working pay phone at all?

I have a brand new (spare part) dialing disc somewhere in one of the boxes in the basement. Just in case someone wants to show it to the grandchildren ;)