I see how you would think so, but Detroit have a lot more steady leadership than say the Patriarcas. Also I think Detroit would have more power being in one city, where everybody is close. Whilst Patriarca switches its leadership from Providence to Boston almost regularly. It might be a neat thing when it comes to confusing cops, but confused members is a family's doom. In 1990 Detroit had 280.000 ethnic italian/italian-americans. And they don't have competition from Irish Gangs like Boston.

We can almost say for sure that the Detroit Partnership is going more legitimized, much like Chicago. But The feds can't prove everything and for all we know they might be deeply involved in god knows.