It's definitely a cultural difference - I always feel like I'm in a death trap, skimming along on the ground with no visibility, getting into a sedan or compact car.
I also grew up in an area with a high rate of moose collisions, and you do not want to see what happens when you hit one of those in a vehicle that's lower than their center of mass.
I'll +1 you to counteract the downvotes.
To serve as some counter-balance to your post, the bigger SUVs (which are more typical in America) feel unbalanced with abnormally high center-of-balance. When taking a corner at any decent speed, I feel like the car is ready to flip over. Also, big cars guzzle more gas and are inefficient.
Also, I live in an area without Moose. Those things are scary, and I'd definitely get a bigger car if I lived around them.
This concern, however, doesn't seem to bother many of the people in said vehicles.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6964996815_1f626fdbe5_b.j...
That's a large pickup: F-450
Here's another shot of the F-450:
http://www.tfltruck.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/car_trans...
I see a good number of F350 or larger trucks used to tow a bunch of other cars around.
If you want a big truck while still technically being a pickup, you might as well go for the F750:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/600x315/71/c4/11/71c411...
http://www.ford.com/resources/ford/f-650-750/2016/homepage/c...
That said, I wish the US had a better selection of small cars. They're either absolute bottom of the line crap or extremely expensive sports cars, there's no mid range small coupe anymore.