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The East Coast can be as dense as Europe, because that built up quickly before cars were a rhing. People in cities can walk everywhere, and driving is slower due to traffic
The hills stayed rural and can take forever.
Midwest is the stereotypical America you have to drive everywhere. If you try to walk somewhere in a small town, everyone is going to stop to offer a ride assuming your car broke down
The "fly over" states are giant agricultural farms with nothing in between them. Walking is impossible but you can likely get on a freeway/highway quickly and drive times may be similar to the Midwest, just less options
The west Coast is also densely populated, but happened after the popularity of cars and most cities are designed for cars not pedestrians.
The West Coast isn't always so bad to pedestrians. Downtown Palo Alto is extremely walkable for example:
https://www.walkscore.com/score/loc/lat=37.4213/lng=-122.1416/?utm_source=liquidspace.com&utm_medium=ts_api&utm_campaign=ts_api