I agree that there are some unrealistic aspects about The Sopranos, but all-in-all it's very realistic in my opinion. Like when Christopher gets made everything wasn't all peaches and cream, he still had to hustle and grind his ass off. That's very realistic. And I forget the name of the real-life pork store, but Satriale's was based on a real life store where DeCavalcante wiseguys hung out. Same with Bada Bing, in real life the DeCavalcante boss Vinny Palermo owned a strip club called Wiggles, and Vinny Palermo also stayed in a mini-mansion very similar to Tony Soprano's.