San Jose, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Tampa are good examples. Milwaukee is with Chicago, same with Rockford, they were independent, now they are with Chicago. 9 families? I still count Buffalo and Detroit with them to bring a total of 11. In a decade or two, we will most likely hear about a resurrection of the defunct and dying families. Who is to say it won't happen?

"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green