PunchyCoolidge

He probably means street crimes - no one robbing the stores, no one selling drugs on the corner, no one stealing cars - that kinda shit.

Hi Mike! How do you think the dissolution of the classic Italian neighborhood has affected OC? I know there are still Italian enclaves but now, do you think that the younger guys being third, fourth, fifth generation Americans from the suburbs has had an effect on the structure and function of the mob?

Also, I feel like it would make sense for the Mafia to abandon the typical hierarchical structure and go more toward the way Russian OC groups operate - kind of decentralized - it makes more sense for longevity. Your thoughts?

I read a book about Sam Giancana when I was younger. I remember him mentioning that in Chicago they don't "make" guys like they do in NY. You're either in or out and your status is based around what your good at. He said there were plenty of guys who were good money makers but didn't have the stomach for murder so they weren't asked to do so. Any of that true?

To that point, how do the higher profile guys get to do business together and socialize when there's so much surveillance?

Also, how does the commission meet (if they still do at all)?

I don't disagree with anything you just said. What you're missing is that the neighborhoods THEY lived in didn't have those kinds of things going on. Yes, they're pimps and thieves and murderers and drug dealers - but they were also the reason that you could walk through their neighborhoods and not get mugged.

Petty street crimes bring the cops around. What do mob guys NOT want around - the cops.