His problem really was that he had tried very hard to be as successful as the rest of the people in his street by trying to keep up with the Joneses. (*) to remain on the same social level as his neighbours (*) to run as fast as his neighbours (*) to travel at the same speed as his neighbours (*) to reach the same place as his neighbours
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://english.best/questions/23810,his-problem-really-was-that-he-had-tried-very-hard-to-be-as-successful-as-the-rest-of-the-people-in-his-street-by-trying-uto-keep-up-with-the-jonesesu/