![]() The Black Disciples had about 100 different branches, with 20 top guys – “the board of directors.” Using the “franchise” that Venkatesh lived with as a measuring stick, they figured that there were about 25,000 members that worked under the 120 leaders. Why, then, do they live at home instead of moving out? Venkatesh found that the way the gang worked was much like how McDonald’s did. The common idea about drug dealers is that they make a lot of money, since drugs cost a lot of money. Chronicling Sudhir Venkatesh’s time living amongst a Chicago crack-dealing gang, the Black Disciples, it provides some insight as to why drug dealers live the way they do. Chapter 3 of Freakonomics talks about why many drug dealers still live with their mothers.
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