Everybody wanted a house with a picket fence.” But that could be any fence. How did a white wooden fence become synonymous with the American dream? In a piece for Smithsonian tracking the ...

Does your personal version of the American dream still include a house with a white picket fence? Then perhaps one of these ... of achieving the American dream of home ownership, the simple fences ...

“It ideally aligns with the core American values of independence and private property.” He adds: “For better or worse, the image of the suburban house, complete with a white picket fence and ...

There's something so undeniably charming about a white picket fence. It's the classic symbol of the American dream for ...

Dallas is enamored with the American Dream. The dream that involves ... live in the suburbs — while respondents who identified as white were more comfortable with living in rural areas than ...

It all just seemed like something he was supposed to do. “You’re saving to buy a house … because that’s just a standard you grew up with,” Fraser said. But as life returned to a new ...

But I’ve never really seen the point of having that much space, that much surface area for a lawn and a pool and a playground, bordered by that quintessential white picket fence. But isn’t that the ...

A white picket fence lined with hydrangea hugs the sizable ... A stone’s throw from Lydia is the meeting house of the Wharf Rat Club, which was established in 1927 and was officially named ...

The sale began a 34-year love affair between a home and its owner, which involved a lot of work of “enhancing” the house ... a white picket fence. She always wanted this traditional American ...

there are some typical ones used with various house styles. For example, adding a lot of ornamentation on the posts would be a good fit on a Victorian. A simple standard white picket fence works ...

Each house is advertised ... when the American middle class that made the fence a hallmark occupies shaky ground. The white picket fence is so simple—a few slats affixed to horizontal rails ...