Small GA airports out in the middle of nowhere can come into being, but it's rare, and the whole GA field is aging out and disappearing (both the pilots, planes, and people).
(Perpetual student - you can be in control of a plane but not PIC without a medical or anything, so you can literally pay an instructor to be PIC whilst you do the flybits.)
If I were to do it again I'd save up and take time off and do all the training in a month or two. Half the cash I burned was relearning the shit I forgot since the last lesson.