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 ...

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

THE AMERICAN DREAM — often idealized by the house and white picket fence — has been debated, pondered and relentlessly pursued by those who have lived in the United States for generations ...

On the top of that list: the Cape Cod-style house. With their small footprint and sublimely simple design ... but oft-photographed: a white picket fence and bushes of blooming hydrangea out ...

From tinier homes to fewer vacations, America's aspirations are getting smaller by the day The American dream ... a life that has the house with the white picket fence, 2.5 children, a lucrative ...