East Harlem, New York City. A slum, a ghetto, or a charming and quaint part of town just in need of a little renovation? That would depend on who you asked. But one thing was certain. In 1920s America, it was the same as it was in Bruno's past life.
Teeming with greaseballs and dirtbags. Men who would rather steal from others through brute force and intimidation than work an honest day's wage. And these days were no different.
Sure, there were still more honest men and women than crooks — but not enough to keep the streets clean.
And it's not like this kind of behavior was exclusive to the Italians. Hell, The Irish, the Jews and all the other recent immigrant groups had some kind of criminal racket going on. But the Italians? Well, they were the first to turn it into something on the scale of an empire.
