I'm not talking about apartments, I'm talking about single family homes.

If you look at the Google Maps marker for New York and go 90 minutes drive north, you get this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RY9ebS6vcD5w8cQA6

San Francisco and go 90 minutes north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wJQx9BV5C2d7C6iR9

You look up Berlin and go 90 minutes north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7javF29PE1p6F4rb9

Look up Paris and go 90 minutes north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/nyHut9xD4eAZnhdn9

You look up London and go 90 minutes north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VnEWsmNHSC5pc9H98

Europe's higher population density gives them has great, walkable cities, practical public transport, good cycle-ability and plentiful bus stops.

The trade-off is smaller homes and less parking. There's a reason nobody over there drives an F-150 truck.