Originally Posted By: TommyGambino
Originally Posted By: furio_from_naples
But given that New Jersey has 16.8% of the population of Italian origin, why isn't created a strong family as the other outside NY, (Patriarca, Philly, etc.), during the prohibitionism ?
And then there being more italian in Jersey than in the state of NY, shouldn't was more easy to made new blood ?


All the youngsters coming up in Jersey want to be involved with the Genovese family or other NY families, not a family on the way out.


Not sure it works that way where you pick n choose which family you want to be associated with.
Whoever's your local guy, is your guy.

Though the strong presence of the Lucchese and Genovese families definitely dilutes the recruitment pool for sure.

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