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What is "The American Dream"?
It always seems to be portrayed idealistically as a single family home in a car dependent suburb. A large driveway, and massive front lawn with a white picket fence. Something like in the image below.
Almost all these similar photos have a "traditional family values vibe", white family, stay at home mom, two kids of different genders. Honestly it all just screams propaganda to me.
On top of all that when you "zoom out", that typical "American Dream" becomes a car dependent hellscape ike the one below. With no way to get around.
I don't know, but not everyone has a wish to live in a place like this. Give me walkable transit oriented mixed use neighborhoods with "missing middle" housing types any day.
Throw in "third-place" public areas where I can hang out with friends and family outside of home and work. Give me regional trains between cities, subways and trams, dedicated bus infrastructure. Give me safe cycling networks and dedicated trails. Give me city parks and fresh produce markets I can walk to.
I'm pretty sure the mayor of New York City is not talking about the suburbs when he says, "American Dream." He means a comfortable life, evenings off work, good schools for your kids, fun vacations, and generally not feeling like you're one accident away from financial ruin.
The original American dream was independence and self sufficiency which was realized through land grants and farming. At some point, the dream got switched to owning a house that is only a collection of monthly expenses, and without any income-producing potential which farming granted. I'm not sure how many other shifts occurred along the way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream