In 2008, Megan Lee—then a reporter at the Star Tribune in Casper, Wyoming, and the author of the paper's "Answer Girl" column— received the following query: "How many escalators are there in Casper? In Wyoming?" Lee looked into the matter. She found that there was one escalator in Casper—and that the escalator, it seemed, was the only one in the state. Lee's reporting was later amended: it turns out that there were, in fact, two escalators in Casper—and therefore in the state of Wyoming—in 2008. (Actually, technically, there were four: two sets of escalators, each with an ascending and descending set of stairs.) Both were located in banks. One was set in the city's First National Bank building, and the other in the Hilltop National Bank. So, yes: In 2008, Wyoming had two-and-depending-on-how-you-count-four escalators, in the entire state. Which works out, using 2012 state population statistics, to 0.000003467 escalators per capita. Not a high number, but hey, per the Governor's office itself, "it is widely assumed that there are no escalators in Wyoming." So, take that. A lot can change in five years, though. And since the two-escalators stat is getting some attention now that Wyoming is back in the national news, I decided to embark on a very important fact-finding mission when it comes to the technological infrastructure of the great state of Wyoming. How many escalators, I wanted to know, are in the state right now? Best I can tell ... two. Yep, still two. I asked a spokesman for the Wyoming governor's office whether any escalators might have been constructed in the state since 2008; he wasn't sure, but thought the newly-constructed airport in Jackson Hole might be a contender. The airport is single-level, though, it turns out—no escalators necessary. And there seems to be no escalator elsewhere in Jackson, either. "I'm not aware of any," said Andy Heffron of the city's Chamber of Commerce. "I don't even think the hospital has an escalator," another Chamber representative said. It's "just stairs and elevators, that kind of thing." But maybe the city of Sheridan has one? "I'm not aware of any escalators in the city," Sue Goodman in the City Planning Office told me. "Just elevators." But what about Cheyenne, the state's capital and its most populous city? No again. "We haven't had one for quite a long while, as a matter of fact," Dick Mason, in the city's Building Office, explained. There used to be an escalator in an old J.C. Penney building, he said ... but the escalator was demolished along with the building itself. (Fellow former escalator-havers of Wyoming include Pink Garter Plaza, a mall-style complex in Jackson, and the Casper/Natrona County International Airport.) Today, for the most part, if you need to get up a level and can't or don't want to use stairs, elevators are the way to go. And that makes sense. Escalators may be magical machines, the stuff of literature and comedy and epic, epic poetry; they are also, often, less practical than their fellow vertical people-movers. "There are code issues involved with escalators, which make them somewhat less popular," Mason noted. "The code does not want openings between adjacent floors that are unprotected." Say there's a fire: stairways offer people enclosed ways to escape buildings, while escalators generally don't. If you're an engineer thinking about the best ways to move people between floors, escalators often lose the contest. Plus, escalators tend to be more expensive to install and maintain than their counterparts. Whereas "elevators," Mason said, "are pretty much foolproof." The dearth of escalators in Wyoming could also have to do with the particularities of the state's buildings themselves. "I think a lot of it has to do with some of the buildings being older," Sue Goodman said—and older buildings with multiple stories tend to rely on stairways and elevators for their inter-floor transport. Two of the most common settings for escalators are malls and larger airports, and places like Sheridan have neither: their stores tend to be standalone structures. Plus, "in the Great Out West, I think land is probably cheaper," Goodman said. So rather than build up, "we spread out." MEGAN GARBER is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers culture.[url=mailto:[email protected]][/url]
————————— 中部大农村真心伤不起啊！整个怀俄明州只有两部电梯，是的你没看错。UPS AND DOWNS: There are only two escalators in the entire state of Wyoming: report In 2008, Megan Lee—then a reporter at theStar Tribunein Casper, Wyoming, and the author of the paper's "Answer Girl" column—received the following query: "How many escalators are there in Casper? In Wyoming?" Lee looked into the matter. She found that there was one escalator in Casper—and that the escalator, it seemed, was the only one in the state. Lee's reportingwas later amended: it turns out that there were, in fact, two escalators in Casper—and therefore in the state of Wyoming—in 2008. (Actually, technically, there were four: two sets of escalators, each with an ascending and descending set of stairs.) Both were located in banks. One was set in the city's First National Bank building, and the other in the Hilltop National Bank. So, yes: In 2008, Wyoming had two-and-depending-on-how-you-count-four escalators,in the entire state. Which works out, using 2012 state population statistics, to 0.000003467 escalators per capita. Not a high number, but hey,per the Governor's office itself, "it is widely assumed that there are no escalators in Wyoming." So, take that. A lot can change in five years, though. And since the two-escalators stat is getting some attention now thatWyoming is back in the national news, I decided to embark on a very important fact-finding mission when it comes to the technological infrastructure of the great state of Wyoming. How many escalators, I wanted to know, are in the state right now? Best I can tell ... two. Yep, still two. I asked a spokesman for the Wyoming governor's office whether any escalators might have been constructed in the state since 2008; he wasn't sure, but thought the newly-constructed airport in Jackson Hole might be a contender. The airport is single-level, though, it turns out—no escalators necessary. And there seems to be no escalator elsewhere in Jackson, either. "I'm not aware of any," said Andy Heffron of the city's Chamber of Commerce. "I don't even think the hospital has an escalator," another Chamber representative said. It's "just stairs and elevators, that kind of thing." But maybe the city of Sheridan has one? "I'm not aware of any escalators in the city," Sue Goodman in the City Planning Office told me. "Just elevators." But what about Cheyenne, the state's capital and its most populous city? No again. "We haven't had one for quite a long while, as a matter of fact," Dick Mason, in the city's Building Office, explained. There used to be an escalator in an old J.C. Penney building, he said ... but the escalator was demolished along with the building itself. (Fellowformer escalator-havers of Wyominginclude Pink Garter Plaza, a mall-style complex in Jackson, and the Casper/Natrona County International Airport.) Today, for the most part, if you need to get up a level and can't or don't want to use stairs, elevators are the way to go. And that makes sense. Escalators may be magical machines, the stuff of literature and comedy and epic, epic poetry ; they are also, often, less practical than their fellow vertical people-movers. "There are code issues involved with escalators, which make them somewhat less popular," Mason noted. "The code does not want openings between adjacent floors that are unprotected." Say there's a fire: stairways offer people enclosed ways to escape buildings, while escalators generally don't. If you're an engineer thinking about the best ways to move people between floors, escalators often lose the contest. Plus, escalators tend to be more expensive to install and maintain than their counterparts. Whereas "elevators," Mason said, "are pretty much foolproof." The dearth of escalators in Wyoming could also have to do with the particularities of the state's buildings themselves. "I think a lot of it has to do with some of the buildings being older," Sue Goodman said—and older buildings with multiple stories tend to rely on stairways and elevators for their inter-floor transport. Two of the most common settings for escalators are malls and larger airports, and places like Sheridan have neither: their stores tend to be standalone structures. Plus, "in the Great Out West, I think land is probably cheaper," Goodman said. So rather than build up, "we spread out." MEGAN GARBERis a staff writer atThe Atlantic, where she covers culture. [url=mailto:[email protected]][/url]
In 2008, Megan Lee—then a reporter at the Star Tribune in Casper, Wyoming, and the author of the paper's "Answer Girl" column— received the following query: "How many escalators are there in Casper? In Wyoming?"
Lee looked into the matter. She found that there was one escalator in Casper—and that the escalator, it seemed, was the only one in the state. Lee's reporting was later amended: it turns out that there were, in fact, two escalators in Casper—and therefore in the state of Wyoming—in 2008. (Actually, technically, there were four: two sets of escalators, each with an ascending and descending set of stairs.) Both were located in banks. One was set in the city's First National Bank building, and the other in the Hilltop National Bank.
So, yes: In 2008, Wyoming had two-and-depending-on-how-you-count-four escalators, in the entire state. Which works out, using 2012 state population statistics, to 0.000003467 escalators per capita. Not a high number, but hey, per the Governor's office itself, "it is widely assumed that there are no escalators in Wyoming." So, take that.
A lot can change in five years, though. And since the two-escalators stat is getting some attention now that Wyoming is back in the national news, I decided to embark on a very important fact-finding mission when it comes to the technological infrastructure of the great state of Wyoming. How many escalators, I wanted to know, are in the state right now?
Best I can tell ... two. Yep, still two. I asked a spokesman for the Wyoming governor's office whether any escalators might have been constructed in the state since 2008; he wasn't sure, but thought the newly-constructed airport in Jackson Hole might be a contender. The airport is single-level, though, it turns out—no escalators necessary. And there seems to be no escalator elsewhere in Jackson, either. "I'm not aware of any," said Andy Heffron of the city's Chamber of Commerce. "I don't even think the hospital has an escalator," another Chamber representative said. It's "just stairs and elevators, that kind of thing."
But maybe the city of Sheridan has one? "I'm not aware of any escalators in the city," Sue Goodman in the City Planning Office told me. "Just elevators." But what about Cheyenne, the state's capital and its most populous city? No again. "We haven't had one for quite a long while, as a matter of fact," Dick Mason, in the city's Building Office, explained. There used to be an escalator in an old J.C. Penney building, he said ... but the escalator was demolished along with the building itself. (Fellow former escalator-havers of Wyoming include Pink Garter Plaza, a mall-style complex in Jackson, and the Casper/Natrona County International Airport.) Today, for the most part, if you need to get up a level and can't or don't want to use stairs, elevators are the way to go. And that makes sense. Escalators may be magical machines, the stuff of literature and comedy and epic, epic poetry; they are also, often, less practical than their fellow vertical people-movers. "There are code issues involved with escalators, which make them somewhat less popular," Mason noted. "The code does not want openings between adjacent floors that are unprotected." Say there's a fire: stairways offer people enclosed ways to escape buildings, while escalators generally don't. If you're an engineer thinking about the best ways to move people between floors, escalators often lose the contest. Plus, escalators tend to be more expensive to install and maintain than their counterparts.
Whereas "elevators," Mason said, "are pretty much foolproof." The dearth of escalators in Wyoming could also have to do with the particularities of the state's buildings themselves. "I think a lot of it has to do with some of the buildings being older," Sue Goodman said—and older buildings with multiple stories tend to rely on stairways and elevators for their inter-floor transport. Two of the most common settings for escalators are malls and larger airports, and places like Sheridan have neither: their stores tend to be standalone structures. Plus, "in the Great Out West, I think land is probably cheaper," Goodman said. So rather than build up, "we spread out."
MEGAN GARBER is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers culture.[url=mailto:[email protected]][/url]
和你们德国比怎么样？
德国类似美国的中西部大农村吧.
只是更加排外吧.
比较相似吧.
毕竟美国中部的老农民, 绝大部分都是德国人的后代吧!!
你看看很多美国人的名字, 都是典型的德国名字.
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华人还是最好定居在西方国家的大城市, 各种餐厅, 唐人街云集中的地方.
最好还是呆国内。别来美国大农村。
我想定居在 LONDON , 旧金山等大城市的唐人街.
感觉 英国, 美国大城市的唐人街很有意思
但只有两部escalator 还是很意外
escalator 扶手电梯。。。 文章有提到医院是有 elevator.
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中部大农村真心伤不起啊！整个怀俄明州只有两部电梯，是的你没看错。UPS AND DOWNS: There are only two escalators in the entire state of Wyoming: report
In 2008, Megan Lee—then a reporter at theStar Tribunein Casper, Wyoming, and the author of the paper's "Answer Girl" column—received the following query: "How many escalators are there in Casper? In Wyoming?"
Lee looked into the matter. She found that there was one escalator in Casper—and that the escalator, it seemed, was the only one in the state. Lee's reportingwas later amended: it turns out that there were, in fact, two escalators in Casper—and therefore in the state of Wyoming—in 2008. (Actually, technically, there were four: two sets of escalators, each with an ascending and descending set of stairs.) Both were located in banks. One was set in the city's First National Bank building, and the other in the Hilltop National Bank.
So, yes: In 2008, Wyoming had two-and-depending-on-how-you-count-four escalators,in the entire state. Which works out, using 2012 state population statistics, to 0.000003467 escalators per capita. Not a high number, but hey,per the Governor's office itself, "it is widely assumed that there are no escalators in Wyoming." So, take that.
A lot can change in five years, though. And since the two-escalators stat is getting some attention now thatWyoming is back in the national news, I decided to embark on a very important fact-finding mission when it comes to the technological infrastructure of the great state of Wyoming. How many escalators, I wanted to know, are in the state right now?
Best I can tell ... two. Yep, still two.
I asked a spokesman for the Wyoming governor's office whether any escalators might have been constructed in the state since 2008; he wasn't sure, but thought the newly-constructed airport in Jackson Hole might be a contender. The airport is single-level, though, it turns out—no escalators necessary.
And there seems to be no escalator elsewhere in Jackson, either. "I'm not aware of any," said Andy Heffron of the city's Chamber of Commerce. "I don't even think the hospital has an escalator," another Chamber representative said. It's "just stairs and elevators, that kind of thing."
But maybe the city of Sheridan has one? "I'm not aware of any escalators in the city," Sue Goodman in the City Planning Office told me. "Just elevators."
But what about Cheyenne, the state's capital and its most populous city? No again. "We haven't had one for quite a long while, as a matter of fact," Dick Mason, in the city's Building Office, explained. There used to be an escalator in an old J.C. Penney building, he said ... but the escalator was demolished along with the building itself. (Fellowformer escalator-havers of Wyominginclude Pink Garter Plaza, a mall-style complex in Jackson, and the Casper/Natrona County International Airport.) Today, for the most part, if you need to get up a level and can't or don't want to use stairs, elevators are the way to go.
And that makes sense. Escalators may be magical machines, the stuff of literature and comedy and epic, epic poetry ; they are also, often, less practical than their fellow vertical people-movers. "There are code issues involved with escalators, which make them somewhat less popular," Mason noted. "The code does not want openings between adjacent floors that are unprotected." Say there's a fire: stairways offer people enclosed ways to escape buildings, while escalators generally don't. If you're an engineer thinking about the best ways to move people between floors, escalators often lose the contest. Plus, escalators tend to be more expensive to install and maintain than their counterparts.
Whereas "elevators," Mason said, "are pretty much foolproof."
The dearth of escalators in Wyoming could also have to do with the particularities of the state's buildings themselves. "I think a lot of it has to do with some of the buildings being older," Sue Goodman said—and older buildings with multiple stories tend to rely on stairways and elevators for their inter-floor transport. Two of the most common settings for escalators are malls and larger airports, and places like Sheridan have neither: their stores tend to be standalone structures. Plus, "in the Great Out West, I think land is probably cheaper," Goodman said. So rather than build up, "we spread out."
MEGAN GARBERis a staff writer atThe Atlantic, where she covers culture. [url=mailto:[email protected]][/url]
云贵川还有山路呢，多走走，说不定还能飞檐走壁呢。我就不信，从中国大城市出来的小孩，能真心喜欢农村，包括美国农村。
如果是中国，指不定会说什么呢。落后贫穷，blabla。
真是善解人意，你这回答。
美国如果再不投钱到城市基建，真的是落后并且影响形象。我同学到纽约出差，说纽约又乱又脏又旧。问我真心喜欢这。
你到底是想比较什么？美国的农村城市差异？还是中美基建的差异？
咬文嚼字。说到底就是两部啊
别说中国农村了。
这些大城市的 装B屌们，在国内的时候， 连地级市和县城都看不起。 还农村了。 哈哈
当然不喜欢啦。
但是现在是一个装B时代。 不喜欢也装出 喜欢啊。
希望气候别太恶劣吧
美国中部的大陆性气候 真的难受。
一叶障目...美国人口本来就少，没啥必要建高层， 除了几个大城市就都是中国人以为的农村了。 你去北欧瑞士之类的转转， 就中国人能口气狂到说那里都是农村。
那也很少吧。我的城市，商场有电动扶梯，机场有电动扶梯。也许还有我没去过的什么building有电动扶梯的。
赞真相
真相啥啊。十几年前不清楚，但现在，夏延自己就有Macy啊，Fort Collins的mall也还行吧，一般牌子都有。个人很喜欢Fort Collins，城市size不大，治安好，风景优美，气候不错，家门口就有有山有水很多好玩的。没记错的话Fort Collins连续几年上了美国宜居城市前十吧，有一两年还排前三。
是没有必要建高层……但很多地方为什么不建好点的mall呢……一层的也行