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Only place in the US I can think of that matches that is rural Alaska. Lots of little islands and communities where bushplanes are a primary transportation mode.

I remember seeing a row of houses built along a grassy strip that operated as a runway. Like their combined backyards were literally the airstrip.

Distances are much larger in Alaska though, I'd think, which means that electric aircraft will struggle.

Switzerland has 8.5m people on 41k km^2, while Alaska has 0.7m people on 1500k km^2.

Hilly terrain with ice and snow. How do you get to work in a snow-storm? Possible in a car, but something else in an "air taxi".

Also, Switzerland is crucially a very wealthy country.