Okay, I take your point but in the UK we have had several big General Aviation airfields closed down in the last few years.
The supermarket chains and other developers would love to get their hands on these properties, let's face it they don't even have to stomach the cost of building roads, just use the runways and taxiways. With strong residents comittees full of wrinklies taking the fight to the land owners, usually the local council. The large pound signs from the sale cause the airfield to close.
We therefore are forced into a corner having to give our students the best training we can, whilst taking into consideration the general public. There is nothing as good at headline grabbing as light aircraft skimming rooftops with apparently no power available. I know that this isn't the case but the public don't.