I can see maybe New Orleans, but St Louis? Denver? Bad examples if u ask me, its like u may as well include Texas... THOSE SMALL CITY FAMILIES WERE MOSTLY CREATURES OF GEOGRAPHY AND OPPORTUNITY. Like, Italians or no, I dont think there is enough business in St Louis or Denver to support a criminal gang, beyond dope...so they would have been defunct over time anyway. I think families existed there cause there was business to be done, when there wasnt the families had no reason to keep going...Its like expecting a big mexican presence in Deleware...