After World War II in a time that would later be called the Postwar Era home ownership was at an all time high Families began to settle down in areas which had begun to be called the suburbs There was a new economic climate in the air after the war and people were much more able to realize the dream of homeownership The American dream became to live in suburbia and people thought that once there they had finally made it in life The message to aspiring young families across the nation was clear