Sorry to muddy the thread with fiction, but the Sopranos come to mind. Obviously, it wasn't real life, but I believe David Chase tried to make it believable and it took place in the suburbs.

Seems many of the young wannabes were connected through family and grew up as middle class Italian Americans. None of them seemed very tough as they were all beaten up and hospitalized by other mobsters, or whacked. And as a viewer, it seemed believable.

You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smelling motherfucker you! If you ever get out of line over there again, I'll smash your fucking head so hard you won't be able to get that cowboy hat on. You hear me? Fucking hick. -Nicky (Casino)