The study you cite didn't bother surveying or measuring anything non-American. Americans show the correlation you've described because Americans are indoctrina

The study you cite didn't bother surveying or measuring anything non-American. Americans show the correlation you've described because Americans are indoctrinated to dislike cities and in fact to restructure cities into low-quality-of-life settings, even while everyone else on the planet understands just fine how to live happily in cities.