Blame the Cold War for doing in the picket fence. Whether seeking security, embracing new technology or dodging a tedious paint job, many ’50s-era suburbanites chain-linked their lots.

Do Dallasites still want a white-picket-fence house in the suburbs? More than 80 percent of the area residents would like to live in a detached single-family home rather than an apartment, condo ...

He adds: "For better or worse, the image of the suburban house, complete with a white picket fence and a backyard of one’s own, is permanently etched in our minds." ...

No matter how you look at it, the concept of home is changing in the United States. The 1950s-era American Dream of owning a house with a white picket fence and a perfectly manicured lawn has ...

The piece was made in 2020 and 2021 in a section of New Orleans called the 7th Ward. I just happened to walk down my block one day and see this fence, which I’d never seen before.