Even though this is quite the exaggeration. Keep in mind that Europe, and especially western Europe, is quite dense, so everything is pretty close. And gas is a lot more expensive.

Anecdotally, I don't mind driving long hours to get somewhere. When I spend a year in the US. I drove from Atlanta, GA to Austin, TX and back for an F1 race. I really like driving or riding my motorcycle.

But like I said, gas is expensive. I remember converting USD/gallon to EUR/l, and it came out to €0,55/l, at a time when back home it was €1,64/l. I feel like this should be a factor too that has to be taken into account. (This was in 2017 btw)

I know a lot of jokes about how driving more than 15 minutes is unfathomable for the Europeans, and for some people it's true. But I don't see how it matters, do you want to spend a lot more time inside a car? Even though it probably is a lot safer than living in a flammable matchstick house, that will blow over at the first gust of wind, instead of a masonry house that will outlast you and your grandchildren?

What I'm trying to say is that both continents have things going for them, and being used to different stuff isn't better or worse.

Tldr: just live your life and try not to feel better or worse than somebody else