orguy wrote:Agreed.
And for guy who lives in Copenhagen.
I also lived in the Pacific Northwest and never heard a local
from Seattle refer to it as the "Emerald City".
If you've ever spent any time in Seattle you see the reference all over the place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington
Seattle's current official nickname is the "Emerald City", the result of a contest held in the early 1980s;[10] the reference is to the lush evergreen trees in the surrounding area.