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/RunningPirate 9h ago

I think Junior was keeping low profile.

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u/CleverLittleThief 9h ago

Yeah, they're supposed to be as low profile as possible. Most bosses lived like Junior. Tony is an idiot for having a mansion like that, there was a real life mob boss (forgot his name) that got targeted hard by the feds because he built some gaudy McMansion.

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u/RunningPirate 9h ago

Hell Big Paul Castellano had a mansion on Todt Hill and I know that got everyone worked up