Either way the Federal Government should not be chief thought controllers . But state governments should be . ? Not trying to come at this as a libertarian , but either you have a central authority or you don ' t , and statelevel is still pretty powerful . <| sep |> Kenya already has that in some capacity for their urban areas . Though an advantage that comes with not having the abundant infrastructure is that urban planners won ' t succumb to the urban sprawl mistake that the American planners made . Kenyan cities can be built without having to provide for every family having two cars . That means they can go for really compact cities with high quality public transport . That ' s something Western urban planners wish they could go for again . Developing countries really should be regarded as a clean slate in that regard . If they can take shortcuts that prevent bloated infrastructure , then they definitely should .