How Seattle is Like Rome

I was just browsing around on a travel nurse website sent to me by a fellow traveler at my next assignment, and came across this statement:

"Seattle, like Rome, is built on seven hills."

The first thing I thought was, "Dude, that's a totally spurious comparison. It's like saying "A Ford, like a Maserati, has four wheels."

The second thing I thought was, "But wow! That sentence is perfect for parsing! I think I read that sentence in my sixth grade English grammar book!"