And, I got sidetracked from my other train of thought.

If your whole definition of "having a dream" is getting a HOUSE, then ....man, you need a better dream!!

Seriously. Where are we headed, as a country, when our aspirations for ourselves revolve around real estate? Life satisfaction has been shown to be about a whole heap of stuff, none of which is measurably attached a wealth (over and above having the bare means to subsist). Obviously the quality and liveability of our urban environment influences this, but it's not the be-all and end-all of happiness. What ever happened to finding our sense of meaning and purpose??
I agree with this but coming from a different perspective. The part of the world I come from was affected by bush fires that took many many homes and some lives. I've seen what people have gone through when the thing they have attached their identity to, saved for, restorated carefully for years, dreamed of, attached their sense of home and security to, literally go up in smoke.......well seeing that has certainly made me look at attributing too much meaning to a possession like a house.