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Cannot be overstated
the US is huge, and the difference between one state and another can dwarf the difference between two European countries. Same de facto language, same currency...but that's about it.
I don't think you understand how much of a difference it makes to speak another language.
You are far less likely to marry someone with a different language or move somewhere with a different language. From what I read on the internet, Americans move between states several times in their lives. That is a very equalising factor for the culture and general way of life. There's much more exchange and assimilation if there is constant mixing.
How a French person and a German person view life, work and public conduct can differ greatly. And the differences won't be equalised soon, because of the different languages and therefore less mixing.
Surely the states have differences between them, but you have one traditional Thanksgiving dinner nationwide for example.
What an Italian considers a traditional Christmas meal would not be considered "christmassy" in Finland.
On the political sphere, there are constitutional monarchies, presidential republics, parliamentarian republics, oligarchies and dictatorships in Europe. Personal freedom and safety might differ greatly. But even within the EU, where personal rights are more or less equal there are still so many cultural differences. At what age you move out, how prestigious it is to go to university, if cooking at home is a great value.
Even architectural trends are different in each country.
Not to diminish the diversity in the US, but two different countries is just another level.
You raise some very interesting points, never thought about language (I also marry someone who's not from my country, so I'm kind of an anomaly).
Sorry, didn't mean to diminish diversity across Europe. The point I was trying to make is that the cultural difference between two extreme ends of the US is...well, extreme, and that you could find two regions of Europe, in different countries, that felt more similar. Not at all suggesting that if you pick two random locations in the US and in Europe that the US will be "more different."
For example, the US state of Louisiana has about the same fraction of Louisiana-born residents as Switzerland has Swiss-born.