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Announcing Dispatches: The Changing American Dream

How has the American Dream changed for you?

Today marks the start of a new series for Patches across the country: “Dispatches: The Changing American Dream.”

Every day, as Americans face new struggles and challenges, the news media is filled with stories of hope, heartbreak and endurance that feature your friends and neighbors, in Forest Hills and across the country.

We want to explore those changes, from Austin Street to Metropolitan Avenue and beyond. The American dream is different for everyone, and we think Patch as a company is uniquely suited to discover just how that dream has grown and matured through the economic hardship of the last few years, and the unseen struggles yet to come.

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Across the country, we’ve seen natural disasters, like the storm that struck Joplin, Missouri, wreaking havoc and claiming lives. Locally, we’ve seen stories of neighbors helping and

As immigrants struggle across the country to fight for every opportunity they can find. In Forest Hills, we’ve seen numerous stories,

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“Dispatches” will be a story told in scenes from the shores of California to the tiniest hamlets of Long Island. It will be America’s story, told the way Americans live it, every day.

Most of all, it will be your story, because we need your help to tell it. If you think you have a compelling story of what the American Dream means to you, your family or your neighbors, e-mail me at MatthewH@Patch.com. Or let us know in the comments.


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