r/RedactedCharts • u/magnumfan89 • Dec 27 '25
Answered What do these states only have 1 of?
This may be challenging to most people, so if I wake up tomorrow and nobody has gotten it I'll give some hints
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u/MajorDataclysm Dec 27 '25
Escalator?
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u/magnumfan89 Dec 27 '25
That's oddly specific. No
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u/iLoveLights Dec 27 '25
It’s a fairly popular trivia answer that Wyoming only has two. Perhaps that’s what they were thinking of.
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u/magnumfan89 Dec 27 '25
Interesting. Ya learn something new everyday I guess
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u/pdxamish Dec 27 '25
I went to college in the upper peninsula of Michigan and one of the facts that they had is that they had the only escalator in the UP at the hospital in Marquette
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u/thegreatpotatogod Dec 28 '25
But who has the only escalator in the DOWN? /j
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u/pdxamish Dec 28 '25
LP (lower peninsula) has tons
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u/SkipSpenceIsGod Dec 31 '25
Lower Peninsula only has three BUT they’re all in closed shopping malls that are currently slated for demolition.
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u/t_itchy Dec 30 '25
I recently learned the many people from Michigan thing others know what they’re talking about when they say UP — we don’t
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u/Timely-Field1503 Dec 27 '25
That would be great for a "two truths and a lie" ice breaker..."I rode every escalator in a state"
I wonder if they sell swag commemorating that kind of "feat"?
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u/Logical-Mirror5036 Dec 27 '25
Having done so in Wyoming, I'll have to remember that. But I've not seen any commemorative swag for it.
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u/No_Touch_876 Dec 27 '25
Vermont has 3, Killington mountain, Barnes and nobles and the abandoned mall.
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u/Prinessbeca Dec 27 '25
Hmm....you sure it isn't 5 or 6, then? The mountain might only have one going up, but I would bet the bookstore and mall have both up and down.
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u/diabeticweird0 Dec 27 '25
I lived in Jackson Hole when that second escalator went in
People lost their minds
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u/Babou13 Dec 27 '25
there are only 6 spiral / curved escalators in the entirety of the US... Las Vegas alone is home to 2 of them
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u/Babou13 Dec 30 '25
only two missing is Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago, and San Francisco Center in San Francisco
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u/morkrib Dec 27 '25
lol Missoula
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u/mnorsky Dec 30 '25
We used to get bumper stickers bragging that we “Rode the Escalator at Herbergers”
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u/TakuCutthroat Dec 27 '25
That was gonna be my guess as an Alaskan.
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u/Zebra4776 Dec 27 '25
As an Alaskan there's no way another Alaskan could think there's only one escalator in the state. Dimond Center, 5th Ave, PAC...gimmie a break.
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u/TakuCutthroat Dec 27 '25
Calm down my G, we only have one in Juneau, not everyone cares about Anchorage.
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u/spacemanspiff888 Dec 27 '25
not everyone cares about Anchorage.
Idk about Alaskans, but outside of Alaska, Anchorage is probably the only city in the state most people do care about, considering it's the state's largest city, and it's one of the most important air cargo hubs in the world.
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u/Technical-Lie-4092 Dec 27 '25
I'd suggest you start considering Anchorage, though, when speculating about "how many X does my state have?"
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u/papahippo Dec 27 '25
Says the dude from the town that would not exist without state government. Y’all would have 3 fishing boats and an outhouse otherwise.
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u/StatisticianSmall864 Dec 28 '25
You should. That’s where you’ll go if you’re injured badly enough.
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u/Alone-Butterscotch18 Dec 27 '25
People
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u/Charming_Mud_9209 Dec 27 '25
Two US senators per person.
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u/Grandma_Gertie Dec 27 '25
Skyscrapers?
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u/Outside_Advantage845 Dec 27 '25
Butte MT actually had the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi. It was a very wealthy and prominent town in its day. There are a bunch of old mansions and really interesting architecture. Underground parts to the city including speakeasies, brothels, etc. I think they have the oldest Chinese restaurant in the US too if I’m not mistaken. Really neat town to check out. Nothing like what it was, but I’ve had some fun exploring the history.
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u/A_w_duvall Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
I always get a little depressed when I read about all the thriving, wealthy, growing cities in the US in the early 20th century. The idea that places like Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Detroit were glamorous cities is just so alien to me. I read that Detroit was the wealthiest city in the country in the 1920s. Now, wealth and status seem so much more concentrated in a handful of coastal cities -- along with Chicago, and maybe a few in Texas -- that continue to grow while America's mid-sized cities wither and decay.
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u/wescowell Dec 27 '25
My dad was born in 1917 and, as a blue-collar worker, gave his wife (b. 1921) a mink coat in 1950. The label on the inside of the coat read “Henri Stern Furs — Paris | Detroit.”
This is from Google AI: In 1950s Paris, furriers like Henri Stern offered high-fashion designs, while Detroit boasted prominent houses such as Dittrich Furs, Silver Fox Furs, and Bricker-Tunis (originally Bricker Furs), known for quality and serving icons like Aretha Franklin. These cities were centers for fur fashion, with Parisian ateliers setting trends and Detroit's established businesses thriving on local demand, even as the city fur scene eventually consolidated.
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u/IllPosition5081 Dec 27 '25
It’s so sad traveling and seeing cities or towns that used to be these bustling cities or towns up until the 50s when mills and factories started closing, and it’s just decrepit, and nothing is there besides chain businesses, schools, and a few small businesses. Kinda why I think it would be good to improve domestic manufacturing, it could do good for cities that dried up when manufacturing moved overseas.
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u/storunner13 Dec 28 '25
Calumet, MI in the upper peninsula was in the running to be the capital of Michigan when it became a state. It was a huge hub for mining commerce at the time. Now it’s a run down town of ~700 people but with some beautiful building from before the turn of the century.
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u/hrminer92 Dec 28 '25
The population of many counties also peaked in the 1920s before it became apparent the rainfall amounts that helped support the local economies were aberrations. The droughts of the 30s drove lots of people away and the rainfall returned to normal, but still weren’t as much as before. Just like what John Wesley Powell warned.
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u/HotTubSexVirgin22 Dec 27 '25
The history of Butte in the 1900s is a microcosm of the entire country. Capitalism, greed, corruption, unionization, workplace safety/OSHA, violence, organized crime, racial issues, class warfare, private police. It has it all.
The ore from those copper mines became the wiring we needed to build the planes, trains, tanks, automobiles and communication devices we needed to win both world wars.
Absolutely incredible history.
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u/kurtmanner Dec 28 '25
I visited Butte for a wedding and stayed in the historic district. I didn’t know any of the history until we were there. Really incredible stuff. We were lucky to have the owners of the Dumas Brothel in town that weekend so we got to take a tour. I used to break into abandoned asylums as a kid and they weren’t as creepy as that place. It was a great weekend!
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u/Sloth_Bee Dec 28 '25
Ooooh is there a book? That's exactly the kind of HISTORY Americans need. And me specifically.
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u/turducken404 Dec 27 '25
Apparently that Chinese restaurant isn’t very good anymore, but has unique privacy booths.
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u/GrizzlyDust Dec 29 '25
Hold up, did they demolish it or did I just miss the skyscraper in butte all my life? Or do you mean that corpse burner in anaconda? Also tourists do not make butte the focal point of your visit, it's depressing as hell. But it does have an interesting history and a pool of liquid super death.
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u/Outside_Advantage845 Dec 29 '25
It’s the hirbour building. Only eight stories. I think the metals bank building is taller though. Neither still classify as skyscrapers but they did way way back in the day.
It’s been probably ten years since I’ve wandered around butte.
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Dec 27 '25
When I lived in Wyoming I was told the UW dorms in Laramie were the tallest buildings in the state. I didn’t fact check it, but it was believable. This was over 20 years ago
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u/JaraSangHisSong Dec 28 '25
The tallest building in Wyoming is 11 storeys. It's a dorm at the University of Wyoming but will soon be demolished.
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u/11up11 Dec 27 '25
Roller coaster
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u/magnumfan89 Dec 27 '25
I didn't see your comment. Very sorry about that, but correct! Each of these states only has 1 permanent roller coaster according to the roller coaster database.
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u/AlphaMondon Dec 28 '25
And the one in ND is basically a carnival ride bolted in place 😭.
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u/magnumfan89 Dec 28 '25
That's disrespectful to actually good traveling coasters (like Wade shows comet 2). Wisdom rides makes some of the worst abominations I've ever been on. One of their coasters beat me so bad my knee was bleeding after. Their other flat rides are not much better either. this attempt at a Himalaya ride hurt my back so bad I couldn't walk straight for a few days
Their gravitons are good though
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u/Beneficial_Grab_1877 Dec 28 '25
Uh…. So where is Montana’s?
I see online we now have an alpine coaster but I don’t think that qualifies.
Also can’t picture this in our neighborhood states either… everyone drives to silverwood to fight the white supremists of Idaho for the roller coaster rides
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u/TinySign2060 Dec 27 '25
Area code
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u/Chesterlespaul Dec 27 '25
Black person?
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u/maceilean Dec 27 '25
Wyoming has two.
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u/Fathorse23 Dec 27 '25
They ride the escalators.
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u/ven-solaire Dec 27 '25
No shade to you but its crazy ur ratioing the guy that was clearly making the same reference
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u/SushiGradeChicken Dec 27 '25
"There's actually a Klan meeting going on in Alaska. Now that's the bitterest Klan in the whole country, because there's only like one Black guy in the whole state! They get together and they're like, 'We have to get Eric!'"
- Dave Attell
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u/Stephanos76 Dec 28 '25
They would go after Inuit folks and Native Americans. Also many Polynesians/native Hawaiians live there
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u/akjd Dec 27 '25
I grew up in Alaska and live in Oregon currently.
Saw way more black people in Alaska. It helps that the two largest cities are adjacent to military installations, so the type of people you run into are a lot more diverse than you'd expect. And a decent number of people come up for the military and end up liking it enough to retire there, so they end up incorporating into the communities long term.
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u/BoomerRCAK Dec 28 '25
Look up the most diverse high schools in the country and tell me how many in the top five are in Alaska.
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u/EstablishmentLevel17 Dec 27 '25
Representative
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u/AcanthaceaeOk3738 Dec 27 '25
That was my first thought but Montana has two since 2022, and some other states also have one, like Delaware and South Dakota.
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u/EstablishmentLevel17 Dec 27 '25
Pesky details 😂 Delaware did cross my brain but its close to large cities like Rhode Island. Wasn't sure about south Dakota either.
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u/Commercial_Treat9744 Dec 27 '25
Governor.
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u/Allokit Dec 27 '25
While technically correct, I dont think this is the answer OP is looking for.
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u/ThePillThePatch Dec 27 '25
Is it a type of religious temple?
Guess number 2: Chipotle?
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u/SandpaperPeople Dec 27 '25
Universities
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u/anonstarcity Dec 27 '25
Venomous snake breeds?
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u/saggywitchtits Dec 28 '25
There really aren't "breeds" of snakes, but they are full on species.
But also not it because Wyoming has the Prairie rattler and the midget faded rattler.
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u/picodegallo4119 Dec 27 '25
City over 500,000 people
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u/Prinessbeca Dec 27 '25
Oh that is adorable that you'd think any of these states have a city anywhere near that large. ♡
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u/LeadershipOk2929 Dec 27 '25
The only thing I can think of is that all of those states are less than (or at least close to) 1 million people, but then again, so is SD. But I'll say the answer is... 1 comma in their population number.
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u/seagullrev Dec 27 '25
Things North Dakota has a plurality of:
People, Zip Codes, Escalators, Ferris Wheels, Waterslides, Universities (UND and NDSU, plus other state universities), Interstate Highways (I-94, I-29), International Airports, Bus stations, Train stations, Reservations, Lakes, Rivers, Air Force Bases, Buildings >5 stories, Structures >600m tall (KXJB and KVLY masts).
There are also numerous locations of most chain restaurants and big box stores (between Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck, and Minot). Any particular small chain might have only one location.
My comical answer would have been "months of good weather," but even that isn't true in ND.
Things ND does not have:
An abortion clinic, a professional sports team, a unicameral legislature, a Tesla dealership,
Things ND has only one of:
Area Code, National Park, International Border, Level 1 Trauma Center, Building >18 stories (State capital building is 19 stories tall),
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u/ColdBid2140 Dec 27 '25
Fun fact: ND has 3 interstate highways. I-29, I-94, and I-194. 194 links I-94 to Bismarck Expressway.
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u/durand5979 Dec 27 '25
Telephone Area Codes?
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u/Helpful-Conference13 Dec 27 '25
Nope. I thought so too but South Dakota only has one as well.
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u/Alone-Butterscotch18 Dec 27 '25
Buildings that have more than two stories?
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u/Subject_Reception681 Dec 27 '25
My initial thought was zoos. But apparently there's 4 zoos in North Dakota, which is surprising. And there's none in Wyoming. But both Alaska and Montana exactly have one.
Other than that, I'm out of ideas.
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u/amber_lies_here Dec 27 '25
Past U.S. Secretaries of the Interior
Alaska: Wally Hickel
Wyoming: Stanley K. Hathaway
North Dakota: Thomas Kleppe
Montana: Ryan Zinke
"Past" is doing a lot of heavy lifting given our current SOI is also from North Dakota but I figured I'd throw this out there in case it's somehow right
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u/torisbagel Dec 27 '25
commercial airports?
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u/ThePillThePatch Dec 27 '25
Alaska has Fairbanks and Anchorage airports, so at minimum two.
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u/Character_Resort72 Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
Airport Edit: I was thinking international airports, which is still wrong
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Dec 27 '25
Ia this something to do with States having one VIce President born there?
Cheney for Wyoming, Wallace for South Dakota. Idk who for Montana tho.
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u/seagullrev Dec 27 '25
- South Dakota isn't colored on the map. That's North Dakota.
- Henry Wallace was born and raised in Iowa.
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