It's not about Italian neighborhoods disappearing so much as it's the degeneration of the family as a whole. Times changed and families aren't as close as they used to be. Everybody's off doing their own thing, coming and going in the house at different times. It's not the 50's anymore no matter what nationality you are.

This is true in Italy too. Families aren't quite they way they used to be over there anymore either. They're not as close as they used to be.

And as far as these coffee houses go...again, in Sicily, that's all you see. They're called Coffee Bars. You pick up an espresso and biscotti, sit, bullshit and leave.
Like Americans sit in bars to drink