When do you use scope without a statement in C#?

Question

Just recently I found out you can do this in C#:

{
    // google
    string url = \"#\";

    if ( value > 5 )
        url = \"http://google.com\";

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Answer 1

{
    string f = "hello";
}

Just looks weird.

Obviously, methods need them:

private void hmm() {}

And switch statements:

switch(msg)
{
    case "hi":
    // do something
    break;

    // ...
}

And even if, for, foreach, while statements...

if(a == 1)
{
    bool varIsEqual = true;
    isBusy = true;
    // do more work
}

But if you've only got 1 statement in a loop or if statement, you don't need the braces:

if("Samantha" != "Man")
    msg = "Phew!";