^ keep in mind these factors:
- most of guys up there are of Nola-Avellino-Benevento peasant stock, straight out of the armpit of Campania. They make the Gottis look like the Royal Family;
- Springfield is a small community and, whether we agree or not, they do have pull still, despite the mess since Bruno’s death;
- the Greek guy doing life that killed Whitey must have made them earn some street cred. Crazy to think about but that’s how that world is.
- Lastly, I don’t doubt that they have more guys than what we may be led to believe.
Fist,you can be a punk even if youre a pure sicilian;
Second,the city is small but the state is big so can expand out springfield;
Third,I doubt that a lifer can increase the street reputation of a mob crew;
Fourth,you can have 6 or 10 made men but if they haven't the brain to go out shylock and arson,there are problem.
And anyway I come from the Nola area.
