One thing that is immediately noticeable (to me anyway) is how much "less" of an influence the Outfit had in the suburbs at this time. They certainly had a presence but prior to the 1970s, many of their operations and rackets were closer to the city but as the decade progressed and more and more of the traditional Outfit neighborhoods were changing over to black or Hispanic as Italians moved west, their influence became much greater in the suburbs. By the mid-eighties, the vast majority of the Outfit's operations were headquartered outside of Chicago proper and practically all of the top bosses resided in the suburbs. So not only was the early seventies a period of transition for the Outfit's leadership and structure but it was also one for their sphere of influence. Now, this is just an observation by me so feel free to disagree but we will see if it changes as I collect more information. Note: I did not have much data available for the Heights at this time.
The finished product will be much nicer looking (hopefully with photos), I just wanted to be able to give you guys a general idea about what I'm looking to accomplish here. Hopefully, I can make similar maps for different time periods but we will see how this one turns out:
Chicago (Immediate Area):
Cicero and surrounding suburbs:
Western suburbs:
Northern suburbs:
