Europeans choose urban centers with small or even tiny (Paris) apartments. Americans choose suburban huge homes.
Some Europeans choose that. However, a bit more than half (56% in France, similar elsewhere) choose single family houses. That percentage is highest in Scandinavia, lowest in Spain (~33%) and Eastern Europe.
Quick googling shows US has ~75% of the pop living in single family houses, similar to Scandinavia. It seems when people have the means, they choose to live in houses.
I’m not sure why this point escapes so many people. When your country is vast in size and all it takes is a little bit of driving to get where you need to go, most people are going to choose big, cheap houses to tiny, expensive apartments all day long.
Many Americans would like other options on the table. I'm one of them.
That also doesn't change the fact that most people in Europe and US choose to have large single family homes if the option is available.