Originally Posted By: Snakes
Not sure if I would say Philly is on solid ground. Due to their respectively small sizes, if any non-New York family gets hit with any major indictments the family could be crippled. All it takes is one more push to send some of those families off the brink and into extinction. Family Secrets almost did it to Chicago and the DeCavalcantes were almost killed off with the rash of arrests they suffered in the early part of the 2000's.

Family Secrets was not even close to put Chicago into extinction. The FBI over hyped it to make it sound more important. The only huge loss was Marcello.