No this is not a "who would win a war between the two" question. Bonanno mobster turned rat Dominick Cicale said this about the different boroughs and I wanted to get some input/opinions.

“We laughed; it was in good humor,” Dominick recalled. “We always blended in. We kept it low-key, never loud. The wiseguys from Brooklyn and Queens were noisy, with the pinky rings and the yelling Italian slang at each other. They’d go to clubs with 15 or 20 guys. But guys from the Bronx and Italian Harlem, like us, weren’t showoffs. We had to be discreet because we were in big-money businesses. We didn’t go out in a show of force and attract attention.”

http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/bl...ngs-the-night-l

What do you guys think? Has this always been the case? Does it still apply? The Genoveses and the Luccheses come to mind since they are both based in the Bronx/East Harlem and are making a killing off of white collar rackets.