Skinny, Pizza and Carmela...you're all spot on a couple times over. As usual.

When you live in an area with a lot of OC activity you have a different, first-hand, perspective on what's happening. You also can't disavow someone's first-hand knowledge from their community when your in England. Information dug up online from second hand sources will never be more credible than coming from someone on the scene, whether they know connected guys or just keep an ear to the ground to hear what's going on around town.