Fear the middle class will get resourceful?

They are a family of 11, living in a nine bedroom mansion in Hartford, Connecticut’s upscale West End. The yard is neat, the house is well-maintained.

But the city of Hartford intends to evict them because the law says the occupants of a single-family home must be related by blood or marriage. These 11 people are merely friends who formed a partnership to buy the house.

“This issue of the government deciding who is legitimate family and illegitimate is unacceptable to us,” said Josh Blanchfield, a school teacher who lives in the house with his wife and two children.

The law was intended to keep boarding houses out, but I have a feeling this has nothing to do with fear of some boarding house moving in.

This sounds like fear of the middle class moving in. A 6,000 square foot mansion is out of reach for most middle class families, but not if eight adults can pool their income.

Then suddenly you’d have the Von Trapps, the Brady Bunch, Jerry, Elaine, George, and Newman. Of course, the real nightmare would be if the Waltons moved in.

This could tear the nation apart.

And yet, which is worse? Middle class people who buy a big house and actually use it, or rich people who buy a big house and keep it empty.

Frankly, if 11 unrelated people have found a way to live in harmony under the same roof, they shouldn’t be evicted. They should get a medal.