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Seattle-Portland rivalry expands into cyberspace with "Put a Plane on It" website.

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Fred Armisen, left, removes a beanie from Portlandia co-stars Carrie Brownstein because it was 'too Seattle' during a performance of the comedy series Portlandia on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at the Showbox in Seattle. (Photo by Joshua Trujillo,

By Nisha Gopalan In the surreal first episode of IFC's Portlandia, an enviro-yuppie orders chicken at a restaurant and asks, “Is that USDA organic or Oregon organic or Portland organic?” From there, co-creators/stars Carrie Brownstein (also of the