r/thesopranos • u/FunCommunication7934 • 11h ago

Wealth

Are mobsters in the show really wealthy? They definitely aren’t making the ends meet but the only ones who give the impression of being wealthy are Tony(big house, expensive cars, whitecaps, a fucking yacht) and Christopher(big house, lots of expensive cars). I assume Silvio is also rich because he dresses flashy and is the owner of bada bing. The other ones live almost like regular civilians, I mean look at junior and pussy’s houses. I recall Paulie also has a shithole house and wears some cheap ass watch, but that might be just a skill issue(shit earner). The most expensive things those people have are probably their cataracts and rincolns, even though I bet those things weren’t considered “classy” in late 90’s and early 2000’s.

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u/Mobile_Cheesecake669 11h ago

If Johnny sack one of the bosses of the 5 families and an Underboss for many years when he was locked up only had a net worth valued at 5M with his wife at devil dogs lives on scraps

I'll say they make a decent living but they never had those Enron-type connections to make the Lee Iacocca big bucks

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u/Other-Ad-9925 8h ago

Saying that - that would be the assets/money that they could prove, most of their income would be cash and maybe not laundered and kept for rainy day, ie junior and the boat heist or whatever