“The American dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It's not really about getting rich or famous. These are much simpler and more fundamental things” (Marco Rubio). The American Dream has been a great term to attract many immigrants to this country in the belief that families can start over and achieve their dreams. The idea that one can radically change one's life and become “rich” was very attractive and can give a great incentive to move around the world to pursue this goal. With the current immigration, economic and lack of education situation we have in the United States, the American dream no longer has the same meaning it once did. Coming from a family of which I am the first generation born in the United States. In a survey conducted by Sorkin and Thee-Brenan titled “Many Americans Feel the American Dream is Out of Reach” there was a disparity in what certain areas of the country defined as “affluent.” This is very intriguing because not all Americans have the same propensity to obtain gruesome amounts of money to achieve their “American dream”. For example, in the survey “in the Midwest area, 22% believe that citizens who earn less than one hundred thousand dollars are defined as rich” (Sorkin Thee-Brenan). While in the Northeast area only 26% believe that up to two hundred thousand dollars a year can be considered rich. This drastic gap between perceptions of what is just rich shows the disparity in what American dreams mean to different people. In some areas of the nation many may already be earning more than necessary to classify them as living the dream if they lived in another part of the nation. Which shows that the dream can still be alive, it is right in the eyes of those who are experiencing it. An important factor for everyone to achieve their American dream is the economy and how it performs