It's not surreal at all, and most Americans marvel at how tiny and unliveable the houses are.
Europeans must marvel at being able the size of living accommodations in the US. They can not even fathom in their brains what it's like not to be crammed into a tiny 20sqm flat.
I think you're talking about suburbs in the US, I understand you have a lot of space but it seems like a very isolated way of living