Some examples can be seen in my family. My grandfather and maternal grandmother, both Scottish, moved to America in 1974 with two children, my mother and an older uncle. They moved due to lack of manpower available to my grandfather who is a carpenter. It actually took three years of waiting to move and there were two options: America or Africa, but America allowed them to travel first. When they arrived they lived in a small apartment, later moving to a modest townhouse where they still are today. Compared to previous immigrants, it took them only a few years to move up the chain as they both started with nothing more than small savings as they left everything in Scotland. This also shows that the methods of entering America have become significantly more rigid especially compared to, for example, Ellis Island in New York which let you enter until you were deathly ill. Even with public/compulsory and, more importantly, forced education; all three siblings, my mother, my uncle and my aunt (born in America) were able to complete high school without too much trouble because the costs are much lower since they are covered by tuition. Her father was also paid higher (though adjusted for inflation) due to strongly enforced minimum wages across all industries, unlike in the early 1900s. So you could say my mother's grandparents reached the “ American Dream” around age 45, which, compared to previous immigrants, is significantly faster than they are, in fact they may already be in their second generation, yet my grandparents achieved it much earlier. Then there are my parents who managed to join him in their early thirties. My parents went from a small apartment in Maryland to a townhouse across the street from his parents in Collingdale and to a single house in Aldan, all in the span of 15 years. With my father working for a construction company and having a career