by PolackTony » Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:22 pm
InCamelot wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:01 am
Chris Christie wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:12 am
CabriniGreen wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 6:51 am
InCamelot wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:26 pm
Peppermint wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:10 am
Gambino, Gambino is the least interesting crime family hands down.
Not for any reason some of you may think, I just hate how trendy this particular crime family is. It's like rappers with Scarface, everything is Gotti this - Gotti that. I'm so sick of the pop culture that surrounds this particular crime family, and it's not even the family itself, but the Gotti part of it.
I cannot tell you how many Italian guido-retards i've met growing up in NY, with the orange skin, and spiked gel hair. Who's last name just so happens to be Gambino, or some sort of variation of it like Gambini; Who act like they're hot shit, just because of what their last name is, even though they most likely have zero relations with John Gotti - and they never do have any actual relation to him or the crime family as a whole. Basically dick riding a crime family, just because they share a similar last name. I don't see this happening with any other crime family.
I find the Gambino the least interesting, the same reason I find America's role uninteresting during world war 2, because it's all people ever fucking talk about.
Basically, for me.
Although I know I'm missing the interesting shit about the Gambinos. Its just more bullshit to wade through before you get to the good stuff maybe.
This is actually part of why I'm into the Sicilian Gambinos... the connections to Italy, or even or Italy in general..
I actually find the Genovese uninteresting... For the same reason you find the Gambinos boring. It's always, " The ivey league of OC", like the same repeated phrases and names even... although.....I have always been Interested in Colletti, Gagliodottos nephew...
I find both the Gams and Gens to be interesting due to their differences. The Gambinos are the most heavily Palermitan and still retain those links 150 years after the Family was set up in New York. The Genovese are the other hand shed their Sicilian roots (Bellomo aside) yet it doesn't seemed to have affected their longevity.
The Americanization of the group is something I find fascinating about the Genovese.
+1
I'd suspect that most of us Chicago guys have a strong interest in the Genovese, due to both the close ties and broad similarities over the years between them and the Outfit.
Additionally, even though I currently live in BK I have much stronger personal ties to East Harlem and the Bx, so I find myself more interested in the Genovese and the Lukes secondarily. The history of Italian Harlem is fascinating (as well as its latter day "diaspora" in the Bx and Westchester/CT) and of course these families are closely tied to that history.
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Gambino, Gambino is the least interesting crime family hands down.
Not for any reason some of you may think, I just hate how trendy this particular crime family is. It's like rappers with Scarface, everything is Gotti this - Gotti that. I'm so sick of the pop culture that surrounds this particular crime family, and it's not even the family itself, but the Gotti part of it.
I cannot tell you how many Italian guido-retards i've met growing up in NY, with the orange skin, and spiked gel hair. Who's last name just so happens to be Gambino, or some sort of variation of it like Gambini; Who act like they're hot shit, just because of what their last name is, even though they most likely have zero relations with John Gotti - and they never do have any actual relation to him or the crime family as a whole. Basically dick riding a crime family, just because they share a similar last name. I don't see this happening with any other crime family.
I find the Gambino the least interesting, the same reason I find America's role uninteresting during world war 2, because it's all people ever fucking talk about.
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Basically, for me.
Although I know I'm missing the interesting shit about the Gambinos. Its just more bullshit to wade through before you get to the good stuff maybe.
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This is actually part of why I'm into the Sicilian Gambinos... the connections to Italy, or even or Italy in general..
I actually find the Genovese uninteresting... For the same reason you find the Gambinos boring. It's always, " The ivey league of OC", like the same repeated phrases and names even... although.....I have always been Interested in Colletti, Gagliodottos nephew...
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I find both the Gams and Gens to be interesting due to their differences. The Gambinos are the most heavily Palermitan and still retain those links 150 years after the Family was set up in New York. The Genovese are the other hand shed their Sicilian roots (Bellomo aside) yet it doesn't seemed to have affected their longevity.
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The Americanization of the group is something I find fascinating about the Genovese.
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+1
I'd suspect that most of us Chicago guys have a strong interest in the Genovese, due to both the close ties and broad similarities over the years between them and the Outfit.
Additionally, even though I currently live in BK I have much stronger personal ties to East Harlem and the Bx, so I find myself more interested in the Genovese and the Lukes secondarily. The history of Italian Harlem is fascinating (as well as its latter day "diaspora" in the Bx and Westchester/CT) and of course these families are closely tied to that history.