[Ichneumon]

What's seemingly odd is that our solar system seems to be different from others. Seems the norm known so far is huge Jupiter plus class planets in tight close orbits.

Might that just reflect the kinds of planets we can most easily detect from vast distances?

[Darksheare]

Yes.
And as detection becomes easier and better refined, we may find that our style solar system is more common.
But with Jupiter, Staurn, Uranus, and Nptune in our solar system, how come ours didn't end up mosty toasty like others?
That's probably a question broiling in the backs of some minds at the moment.
(Perhaps our sun was a bit of a stellar oddball and put enough outward pressure to keep things from infalling early on?)