Pay phones remaining in the US
correlates with
US counties reporting good air quality days
r = -0.98899% · 2002-2022
Pay phones remaining in the USUS counties reporting good air quality days
These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2002-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.
Data Sources
Pay phones remaining in the USfcc.gov ↗
US counties reporting good air quality daysepa.gov ↗
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation