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"My father, Hans, was very proud to work at the steelworks," says Ms Weber, telling of her own connection with the works, which loom over the town.

Meanwhile, security analyst Hans Tino Hansen stands in front of a huge screen in what he calls his "ops room", at his Copenhagen headquarters.

Have warm feelings toward Copenhagen’s favorite son, Hans Christian Andersen, and his little tales about lovelorn mermaids and ugly ducklings?

There are a number of pluses to a potential purchase, he argued, including avocado toast, tech dominance and Disneyland — though the latter would be renamed Hans Christian Andersenland, after the Danish author.

“Everyone loved Altadena in his or her own way, but the wildness of it and the freedom of it is something that is deeply important to people,” said Hans Allhoff, the chair of Altadena Heritage.