first off, love the fact we are talking patrairca ...I always said this but rhode island has alot more than people think, I mentioned before the names, There are milisi, leone, ruggerio, brusselli,simonelli sawtelli and more that people never heard of. Second boston is quite different. tt120 said it right they might not grow up in north end or providence but there is many italians in medford, revere, saugus, everett, and the whole north shore of boston since many of the north enders moved to those areas and the same can be said for providence as they spread around the state and the nicer areas of providence.
As far as rats go I know for sure that the young and the old mix but they dont. For example simone, spagnolo, ferrara, biago , quintina, gambale and even martorano to an extent, really dont deal with the younger guys for a few reasons but mainly the drugs. The other is to keep the "structure" tight. If deluca snd rossetti didnt fold, it be hard to say anything because beside a few informants whom we dont know, what are they giving up. I mean even do defend rosseti, he didnt give up any bodies or new schemes. I mean what indictment came out of him. Deluca gave up the dinunzio and mannochio strip club schemes. So to say the least, the informants is not really informing. But new buttons has been made because thats what I heard the last few months.