NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Americans overwhelmingly desire all the traditional trappings of the American dream -- owning a home, having a family, and looking forward to a comfortable retirement, but very few believe they can easily achieve it, a July Wall Street Journal (WSJ)/NORC poll of 1,502 U.S. adults has shown.
A stark gap emerged between people's wishes and their expectations, said the newspaper in its report on Wednesday. "The trend was consistent across gender and party lines, but held more true for younger generations, who have been priced out of homeownership and saddled with high interest rates and student debt."
