There was this old dude that made a lot of research over the years(sorry for not remembering his name,hes famous)had a great sayin on the Accardo mobsters episode,it went somethin like this "Dont forget there are five diferent families in NY,but the Outfit is monolythic"...so that means the outfit is/used to be under one boss,so its a lil bit dificult to compare the two organizations.....plus the old outfit had a multinational membership
That was Chicago reporter John "Bulldog" Drummond who said that.
The thing is, the New York metropolitan area is so vast that it can support 5 families. It's the entire tri-state area really.
And nowadays, I'd argue that the 5 families all being in the same area is a strength to them. They're able to pool manpower, at times, and work together in joint rackets. There's a lot of intersecting interests involving all five families that makes it hard for the feds to tackle. Chicago, like the other remaining smaller families, is sort of out on an island by itself.
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