by aray22 » Tue Jan 28, 2025 3:35 pm
Brovelli wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:00 am
Laughmatics wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:48 pm
Lucchese member A. Villani is said to own a couple homes. They found over $400K in one of them. A great earner. You guys are right, it's mostly the YouTube rats and know-it-alls on these forums who claim there's no more money in the life.
I’ve said this a few times that for living in one of the most expensive metro areas in the world, a lot of them seem to be doing pretty well. Realistically they have adapted well in modern times from an economic perspective and the fact there are few indictments is indicative of sensible moves they are making and not that they don’t exist. Former members like pennisi have generally said that wealth/prosperity is not the issue, just that the whole brotherhood thing is a load of bullshit which I’m sure it is. So classification of the mob is dead is more about “culture” of the mob than it is their physical existence
I think it's also that for a lot of these guys, the way they grew up around the mob was way different than where it currently is. They grew up as kids with murder & violence in the neighborhood and certain actions having deadly consequences and that's how they think it should be. When that is no longer around it doesn't feel like the life anymore, even if they're making money and living in big houses.
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Lucchese member A. Villani is said to own a couple homes. They found over $400K in one of them. A great earner. You guys are right, it's mostly the YouTube rats and know-it-alls on these forums who claim there's no more money in the life.
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I’ve said this a few times that for living in one of the most expensive metro areas in the world, a lot of them seem to be doing pretty well. Realistically they have adapted well in modern times from an economic perspective and the fact there are few indictments is indicative of sensible moves they are making and not that they don’t exist. Former members like pennisi have generally said that wealth/prosperity is not the issue, just that the whole brotherhood thing is a load of bullshit which I’m sure it is. So classification of the mob is dead is more about “culture” of the mob than it is their physical existence
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I think it's also that for a lot of these guys, the way they grew up around the mob was way different than where it currently is. They grew up as kids with murder & violence in the neighborhood and certain actions having deadly consequences and that's how they think it should be. When that is no longer around it doesn't feel like the life anymore, even if they're making money and living in big houses.