There are billions of people living in the world, and hundreds of countries with people that live in these countries. They all have a particular set of goals and achievement, and they all share dreams and values, and they are ready to work hard and sacrifice their life for this aim, and people in these countries have expectations and their personal desires from their life and countries. Among all of these nations, there is one that many wished to live in and be a part of this country. For many years’ millions of people have been traveling and migrating to America. People have always been talking about the American Dream, and it has been their goal to move to America and achieve this dream. The American dream could be different …show more content…
‘’ But there has also been the American dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement’’. (The U.S. immigrant population stood at more than 42.4 million, or 13.3 percent, of the total U.S. population of 318.9 million in 2014, according to ACS data). All these people come to America to achieve their dream. This dream could be having a house, car, financial status, better job, gender equality, education, freedom of speech and religion and many other purposes. In the past, it was easier for people to start their life in America because there was more land free education, and more jobs. People had different expectations and perspective of life. But in the meantime, Immigrants, and American citizens go through many problems to achieve the American Dream. Education, the cost of living and getting a high paying job is more difficult and different …show more content…
In earlier times one the benefits that draw attention to come to America was free land, and later on the low cost of housing or buying a house. But in the meantime due to the economy changes, the housing price has been going higher, and the incomes have not. So it is harder for people to afford to buy a house or pay the mortgages. Prices fell during the 2007-2009 recession, but now they are rising and going up again in many states. Since the home ownership rate is declining the renter's rate is increasing in the opposite direction, and cost of living is straightly related to the income that a household has. We need to consider the daily or monthly expenses like food, clothes, cars, insurance, house rent or payments, utilities and many other factors that affect our income. Since the wages were stagnant for many years, The government was not able to keep these cost steady, and now many people are pressuring on the renting market more than buying houses. There are some programs help low-income families to buy homes, but still, it will put them on a huge amount of debts that prevent the buyers to have decent saving for their retirement or buying the car they want or help their children to go to college. The majority of states, city or county has not enough affordable housing plans for low-income families, and they are supposed to rent. Even