I think there's a big difference between home ownership and house ownership, no? The quintessential American Dream usually involves owning a house with a lawn a

I think there's a big difference between home ownership and house ownership, no? The quintessential American Dream usually involves owning a house with a lawn and a garage. This is the type of living with I think is less accessible to the middle class in the rest of the world, even countries with high home (apartments, typically) ownership rates like Romania, but Americans and Canadians like myself grew up believing was expected with a middle class income.