I could provide many, many detailed third world examples.
But let’s start with the ‘jewel in the Australian crown’: YSCB.
The capital city.
An inexorably diminishing and decrepit collection of GA aircraft banished to the grass.
A decades-old portable building decorated with coiled razor wire and a panoramic view of the ground support equipment graveyard is the ‘facility’ for GA plebs.
One AVGAS bowser - bad luck if it breaks down or is empty. There used to be three different suppliers and even delivery by truck on the line.
One flying training organisation with merely a ‘satellite’ presence rather than ‘head office’. One. There used to be half a dozen.
One GA maintenance organisation, but mainly for rotary wing aircraft. One.
And don’t arrive too early in your big jet: Sleepy hollow G airspace.
YSCB is a living, physical manifestation of what’s been done to GA and aviation infrastructure in Australia.
Throw a dart at a map of the USA and do a comparison of the GA facilities, businesses and activities in whatever happens to be the nearest city - forget capitals.