by newera_212 » Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:17 pm
Extortion wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 8:05 am
Patriarcas and Rochester for me.
exact same for me. Always thought it was cool how the Patriarcas arguably “had” an insanely large geographical territory with New England, but traditionally kept the power base centered around essentially a couple streets in one neighborhood in Providence. It’s also fascinating how that family fell apart as fast as it did, considering the roots it had. I know its not what it used to be anywhere in the country, but considering how big Boston is, that has to be the biggest fall off we’ve seen in a LCN family.
Rochester is interesting too for a lot of reasons, but the size of the city plays into that as well. For a city of its (smaller) size, there were a LOT of guys involved in Rochester LCN at one point. Always was and still is a big Italian population up there. The trajectory of that family almost mirrors the city itself. When the Rochester family was the biggest and most active, Rochester as a whole was booming and peaking...and it economically and sizably declined through out the 80s into the 90s. I could only imagine what money those guys were making in the 50s - 70s, they were the only game in town... a town where blue collar jobs couldn't be given away fast enough, everyone had money, and everyone liked to gamble and go out. Even if they didn’t literally kill themselves off, with law enforcement taking down the survivors, the local economy probably would have eventually done the same thing to them.
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Patriarcas and Rochester for me.
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exact same for me. Always thought it was cool how the Patriarcas arguably “had” an insanely large geographical territory with New England, but traditionally kept the power base centered around essentially a couple streets in one neighborhood in Providence. It’s also fascinating how that family fell apart as fast as it did, considering the roots it had. I know its not what it used to be anywhere in the country, but considering how big Boston is, that has to be the biggest fall off we’ve seen in a LCN family.
Rochester is interesting too for a lot of reasons, but the size of the city plays into that as well. For a city of its (smaller) size, there were a LOT of guys involved in Rochester LCN at one point. Always was and still is a big Italian population up there. The trajectory of that family almost mirrors the city itself. When the Rochester family was the biggest and most active, Rochester as a whole was booming and peaking...and it economically and sizably declined through out the 80s into the 90s. I could only imagine what money those guys were making in the 50s - 70s, they were the only game in town... a town where blue collar jobs couldn't be given away fast enough, everyone had money, and everyone liked to gamble and go out. Even if they didn’t literally kill themselves off, with law enforcement taking down the survivors, the local economy probably would have eventually done the same thing to them.