You know whats funny when Gotti was on the streets
There were so many Gotti, wanna be's you couldn't keep track.
Everyone wanted to dress like him, talk like him, act like him.

The guy was LOVED in his neighborhood.
And was FEARED AND RESPECTED my my neighborhood.

For the guys I knew in the life they had nothing bad to say about him either for the most part.

Now after he is dead and gone.

The perception is way different.

To answer your question when the guy was alive he was loved, feared and respected by the average Italian american, in Italian american neighborhoods.
Young Italian american males, there was only 1 gangster they aspired to be like and that was John Gotti.
Nobody was running around saying I want to be like Chin.

He def made mistakes as a boss.
Def not the best boss.

One must ask the question if Gotti did not do what he did
What would have become of the Gambino family if Billiotti was boss and running the family?

Castalleno was going away for 100 years.

Another question to ask is would the family been better off with Billioto or Gotti as boss?

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