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Opinion There’s no one American dream house, no single American Dream

We asked readers how their idea of a “dream house” has changed. Here are some of those responses.

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A row of townhouses in the Walden neighborhood of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. (Sean Simmers for The Washington Post)
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In the Oct. 27 Opinion essay, “The new American Dream should be a townhouse,” we asked readers how their idea of a “dream house” has changed. Here are some of those responses.

When I bought my first house, it was a small ranch home with a small yard on a small street. I dreamed of a large home with a big yard, so I pursued that vision. One day, I woke to find myself in a 5,500-square-foot monstrosity that had several rooms my husband, son and I rarely used. The bubble burst. My vision cleared.