A city just having an Italian population alone isn't an indication of anything. It's whether the Italians in that region are acclimated to racketeering and the mafia lifestyle. It's a sub-culture, that spans generations in the genetic backgrounds of most involved. There's probably more non-Italian wannabes in these regions who grew up watching Goodfellas that would be more willing to take on the lifestyle than there are Italians with any social or familial links to it, even if they wouldn't have the first clue what they're doing.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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