Communities don't care about an industry it considers an unnecessary annoyance.
As long as businesses think they are more important than anyone else there will be a problem, and the people will eventually get their way.
Flying isn't a right, it is a privilege. The industry doesn't get to choose what it thinks is acceptable for everyone else.
There should be a balance, but too many tourist sites are being ruined by a constant stream of aircraft, something that makes money for the operator but does relatively little in the way of employment or other returns.
It is not a uniquely US problem, though the US ecosystem seems to let it happen at scale.