Originally Posted By: cookcounty
if the new york families were so strong then why are there so many rats?


Rats are certainly one criteria to judge a family's strength but not the only one. The Colombos are 4 times the size of the Outfit, for instance.

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do you have a giant telescope that lets you see into chicago?


Yeah, it's made up of indictments and reports indicating the current state of the family.

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you don't even know what towns the syndicate operates in but u know so much about what's going on in the chicago area. the new york mobs are full of cooperators and don't have a monopoly on crime anymore so how are they so powerful


I don't need to know certain particulars to know the general state of the modern day Outfit. And keep in mind that even in New York far more members don't flip than do. The guys that flip just get more attention. The NY families are still the strongest, as they've always been and always will be, because they're the largest, most active, most diversified, most expansive, etc.


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