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Re: How do suburbanites make it into the mafia?
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Gravano didnt really come from a harsh environment perse neither did carmine persico but they both grew up in the city. For the sake of argument you could say does growing up in the city automatically make you tough?
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Re: How do suburbanites make it into the mafia?
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Well I mean there is a difference between growing up in places like Bensonhurst and growing up in Westchester County. Even if they do have an father or an uncle who was involved in the mob, they grow up different to them and don't have that same type of street mentality
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Re: How do suburbanites make it into the mafia?
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Sorry to muddy the thread with fiction, but the Sopranos come to mind. Obviously, it wasn't real life, but I believe David Chase tried to make it believable and it took place in the suburbs.
Seems many of the young wannabes were connected through family and grew up as middle class Italian Americans. None of them seemed very tough as they were all beaten up and hospitalized by other mobsters, or whacked. And as a viewer, it seemed believable.
You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smelling motherfucker you! If you ever get out of line over there again, I'll smash your fucking head so hard you won't be able to get that cowboy hat on. You hear me? Fucking hick. -Nicky (Casino)
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Re: How do suburbanites make it into the mafia?
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Drugs or reputation or family/friend connections. Most a combination. Most those kids u we're talking about grew up in Morris county.... Same area as me. You start using pills, get arrested once or twice and it's hard to get on the straight path. Some start selling or stealing and it goes from there. Skinny you on the record now ? You out of the half way house yet john? Na I'm still in here I hope your looking after my family. Skinny you were always like a son to me you know that right.
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Re: How do suburbanites make it into the mafia?
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the ufc took growing up tough in a bad neighborhood rite out the equation. white kids go to the gym rite after lacross practice. anyone can fight nowadays if you want to. don't think carlo Gambino could have fought out a wet paper bag its more being criminal minded or some shit. Thats right UFC is a rich kids sport Brazilian jujitsu is expensive to learn and so is wrestling its not like boxing where you had any tough guy off the street joining a local free gym.90% of american UFC fighters were collage wrestlers Any way back to the original post it doesn't matter where you live you HAVE TO know someone in that world.Living in bensonhurst and not knowing any wiseguy is the same as living Montana and not knowing someone.You need that some one whos in that world so you can start kicking up what ever you earn so then eventually you can be put on record. Guys like Carlo gambino when he was young if he didnt steel or kill he didnt eat.The 20s and early 30s generation today most of them still live with there parents so even if they do a score and the money runs out they are not too fussed about it.So for alot of these guys its like an adventure rather than a way to be able to eat
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Re: How do suburbanites make it into the mafia?
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cicero is a suburb
the chicago heights crew was one of the most violent mafia crews in the country
chicago heights is a suburb I agree. But for Chicago I think it's a little different because many of the crews are based in suburbs (except grand ave, Taylor st, and Bridgeport). accardo/aiuppa/cerone should've told the heights to stop killing each other they'd still be around if they weren't warring during the 70s/80s nobody is gonna recruit their son or nephew while a war is going on
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