Except if it’s not. Which so far, it’s showing not to be.
There’s a lot of skepticism about electric multi rotor aircraft on this site. Much of it justified, but also most of it badly presented. If someone were really trying to kill off the new tech, they’d be linking the airport issue with the new dream. There will likely will not be a way to operate the new aircraft without replacing the urban airfields. Many of the aircraft are STOL rather than VTOL. Aircraft in distress will need a big space to retreat to.
If municipal governments are planning to let uber and the like fly around providing air taxi service, they ought to change their tune on these airports. If not, they should speak up before many more millions are spent chasing useless vehicle designs. They better be careful because it’s going to be a divisive subject that will definitely affect the ability of downtown areas to remain relevant.
I think everyone knows that the right thing to do, though very hard to do, is to let the existing airports operate. All the homes and businesses decided to go there when the airport was already there. The only reason any of them might be more of a nuisance is because others were already destroyed moving volume to the remaining survivors.