Beyond that, there does seem to be more involvement in legitimate businesses in Chicago. Some would argue that makes the Outfit more powerful than New England or Philadelphia. But it could also be argued that the Outfit is simply closer to merging into legitimate society, which will ultimately coincide with the crime family disappearing. After all, once you no longer have that core of made guys who do all the criminal stuff, in addition to the legit stuff, all you really have left is legit businesses owned by guys (or the children of guys) who used to belong to a viable mob family.
Exactly, and this is the most important point. I think a lot of Outfit guys are basically turning into the Todaros. This will make them very soon what Detroit is like now and then Buffalo shortly thereafter. I don't even't think it will take that long. 10-20 years maybe, probably no more than that.
