There is nothing even close to resembling an Italian neighborhood in metro Detroit, let alone an Italian community.

White flight from the city happened so rapidly and so completely that for the most part the suburbs were just thrown up from around the 50s and 60s on; it's milquetoast city--strip malls and houses in every direction, spread far and wide.

I'm sure there are still a few old guys languishing around but in terms of traditional rackets people in Detroit wouldn't even know where to get a juice loan; the network of blue collar watering holes and neighborhoods that traditionally support these like bookmaking just doesn't exist these days.

The possible exception is downriver which happens to be exactly on the other side of the city from where the Italians settled.

A couple times people who grew up with these guys have come on this forum and laughed at people who think the mob in Detroit is still going strong, but no one seems to listen to them.

It's like saying the mob is still kickin' ass in Schaumburg.