Originally Posted By: TommyGambino
Originally Posted By: BennyB
Judging by the fact that the average age seems to be about 60, it doesn't look good...


They have a TON of young guys, mainly sons or nephews following in the footsteps. The charts seem to be way off with the Colombo's.

There definitely the weakest of the 5 families by a distance but they have plenty of family members to replenish the ranks.


The Genovese family has the oldest membership on average. Yet, it's still considered the strongest. There is a definite "aging" of the mob, and that (as part of attrition) has led to the demise of several families around the country, but the NY families have proven to be able to maintain their relative membership sizes. Attrition is impacting them as well, to be sure, but at a much slower rate.


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