In my perfect world it wouldn't matter to the Iowans whether or not the cities grew because they wouldn't get any subsidies for their crops, which you really ca

In my perfect world it wouldn't matter to the Iowans whether or not the cities grew because they wouldn't get any subsidies for their crops, which you really can't justify except by saying farm states have out-sized power in our political process. By the same token, regional and city-wide projects should built by the people who are going to benefit. There's no reason I should have had to pay for Boston's Big Dig, for example.