Frank Costello was from Lauropoli, Cosenza, the same town as my father's parents. Not that it matters much. Costello was as Americanized as anyone born over there can get. Just saying.
As an aside, there are still some Castiglias living in that village. I met some of his cousins on vacation over there years ago. They were all working class. If that. There's still A LOT of poverty in that area.
It's a sad thing that there is poverty, but at least there is more hope for this province than the others because the 'ndrangheta is weaker and not being based on blood ties, turn informants more easily.
