Frank Sinatra said it best when he said, "my kind of town, Chicago is." Chicago truly is a town of the people, with adaptive amenities for everyone to do and not to mention the representation of just about every major culture with a "town" of its sorts within. In the first chapter of Marco d'Eramo's The Pig and the Skyscraper, he describes his initial reaction to the city. Since d'Eramo, a native of Italy, grew up learning about Chicago, he compares the stereotypes that were accustoming to Chicago including the people that inhabit the metropolis. But the main focus, or perhaps an idea, that d'Eramo introduces for further evaluation in later chapters is capitalism and the strong roots that it holds within the city and the people that inhabit it.
             Rest assured, Chicago will always be notorious for something and have stereotypes of some kind. D'Eramo begins his first section of "Arrival to Chicagoland" with the infamous Al Capone. As he sees, what the typical expectation of a city that is literally "run" by the mob would be a "dark" city but infact, Chicago turns out to be the opposite. Another one of his initial comparisons is in the form of the famous Chicago slaughterhouses. In a metropolis where livestock were brought in to be slaughtered, you would expect miles of industrial zones. To the contrary, d'Eramo says, "instead, you see awe-inspiring skyscrapers."
             One of d'Eramo's major focuses is Lake Michigan. D'Eramo compares what a European like him would call a lake and sea to that of what a Chicagoan calls it. To his astonishment, a European would call such a water source a sea taking into consideration its magnitude. His comparison continues with the surrounding areas to the lake, as he states that Gary, Indiana has been engulfed by Chicago and it's a matter of time before the same occurs to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He
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