Why should I use @Url.Content(“~/blah-blah-blah”)?

Usually, your web application is published as: www.yoursite.com/. The ~ character matches the root of the site /.

However, if you publish your site withing a virtual directory www.yoursite.com/mywebapp/, the the ~ character would match “/mywebapp/”.
Hard-coding Urls with “https://stackoverflow.com/” character would cause wrong page references.

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