Plenty of mafia shit in my town. Most of the bigger families went petit-bougzwah(sp?). I did spend a night drinking with a guy that likely did some grunt work for them and I was genuinely concerned for my safety.
The Sopranos is one of the most interesting shows to me, not because of the story or themes, but because it shows how far the mafia has devolved. Yeah they’re still thugs and murderers and abusers, but they lost all that classy intimidation. Now it’s just a bunch of boat sellers who don’t report to the IRS living in McMansions and LARPing as high class ballers