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What?s the new American Dream?
Has the definition of the American Dream changed? What does the American Dream mean to you?[Poll]
Re: What?s the new American Dream?
yep.
actually i think my DH and i are living my parents original dream of owning a smaller charming home in the city (where i was born).
also our dream includes not being tied to your car and chain stores and fast food... being a part of a cultural, diverse, artistic and vibrant city, while living in a home that is beautiful and welcoming to our friends and family.
I think this is awesome! And a lot of the reason we are planning to move back to our college town (15 miles from here), because it's a real community with diversity, local places, nature, culture and art, unlike the suburban town we moved to in June. I think once our lease is up we'll be moving back!!
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I think, above all, I just want stability. I want to know that I have a place to go home to where there is food on the table and a husband who loves me. I want to be happy with what I have and wish for a lifetime of love and good health along with the will power to keep going when those things might get scarce.
DH and I bought a smaller house. We don't drive new cars. We have nice things, but we don't have the best things. And I'm content with that because we're able to enjoy life instead of struggling each day to make sure the bills are paid. We don't fight about money, and we actually save toward big expenses rather than doing into credit card debt.
I am concerned about the environment, and I try to do what little things I know to make a difference. I don't know that environmental concerns are part of my American Dream, persay, but the health of our planet does have an affect on the other things encompassed in my dream.
I agree that it's very difficult to lump the "American Dream" into these few choices.
For a good portion of my life, my American Dream was to go to the best college of my choosing, and obtain a good job afterwards. I was lucky enough to do that. However, the cost of my American Dream will follow my husband and I for 28 years from today. So my dream is to eliminate that debt while ensuring my children do not have to endure the same circumstance. Living within our means is key because of that. Being environmentally friendly is a way we have both always lived and will continue to. We don't need a big house, but we just want to do what we dream of. He wants to be a basketball coach. I want to continue teaching and have a family and be with him. Pretty simple in the grand scheme of things. But with over 90 grand in student loans, it may be impossible for quite a while.
What an inane question. And who says that my parents' dream was to have a white picket fence? That's so outdated and cliche. Could we please recognize more than one family structure and way of life?
My dream is to live my life with people I love, doing things I love, and finding opportunities with anything that doesn't fall into those categories. I'd like to find meaning in all aspects of life, positive or negative.
My American dream is to live live in freedom. Being content with what God has given me and managing it appropriately. I also want to enjoy life to the fullest which does not take a lot of money but lots of love.
Our American Dream is to provide enough for our family and create a safe, loving environment to raise our kid in. We don't want to become slaves to our jobs, but we want to be able to enjoy life with mild travel and a comfortable home.
Our folks worked hard so we could have more options and we hope to make the most of those.