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What is Your American Dream?

Be part of a new Patch series that will bring aspirations and disappointments to light.

Just as the idea of "America" has been in flux from its beginning, so has our interest in and pursuit of the "American Dream.” Every era has found uneven circumstances to live up to that dream, a success that always depended on a complex interplay of economic, political, religious and racial forces.

The forces at play today continue to push at what we believe to be the American Dream, with intense polarizing debates over unemployment, foreclosures, debt, religion, governments. So the question has to be asked: What is happening to the American Dream?

Every day, nearly 900 Patch sites reflect a unique version of what it means to crave, chase and even live the American Dream—businesses owners unsure of whether to expand; college graduates stuck at home because they can't find jobs. We also see bold volunteer efforts, local businesses succeeding because they innovated, and residents who've taken these trying times as a signal to engage more in their government.

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A new Patch series, "Dispatches: The Changing American Dream," will build from the compelling snapshots we unearth across all of our Patch sites. And, of course, we want your help. Tell us what issues and what stories in and around Montgomery Village go to the heart of your American Dream.

Tell us, what is your American Dream?

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