Los Angeles Dream Factory Essay

"The story of failed L.A. dream is almost as popular as the story of the one-million dream come true. This is a statement written by the professor Tupelo Hassman at Santa Monica College. Some people think they can start fresh if they move to a totally new place. Yet, it is not true that moving to somewhere new can alleviate people's stress and solve all their problems. Nonetheless, people are given the ideas that they can be changed if the location of where their being changes, especially in Los Angeles. These people are consistent in thinking that Los Angeles is capable of being what no other major urban centers are capable of being, a dream factory. It is possible for Los Angeles keeps pulling the wool over people's eyes due to its history

Opportunities in Los Angeles is different than other major urban centers. Los Angeles is the largest majority-minority city, built by the works of immigrants. Los Angeles is also known for low cost of living. Yet, New York is not considered as a dream factory for reasons including high standards of living cost. Moreover, New York is a fast moving city with huge amount of money flowing around the Wall Streets and the New York Stock Exchange. Therefore, it is hard to maintain a living unless one finds a job right after one's arrival to New York. Still, the lower cost of living does not mean sucess in achiving an American Dream. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of April 2014, the unemployment rate of the United States was 6.3%; yet, the unemployment rate of New York City was 7.4% and the unemployment rate of Los Angeles was 8.5%. This is a huge difference in unemployment considering the fact that natural rate of unemployment is 5% and there are also undocumented people who are not included in this rate. Finding jobs is already hard for the people who can legally work, it is unimaginable how to find a legal job with undocumented and who do not have work permit or social security