Is there a reason to keep music in my iTunes on my computer when it is all in iTunes match?

I want to save HDD space (I have 82 Gig of music in my iTunes library) and wonder if there is any reason to keep my music in iTunes when it is also all in Match?
Thanks,
Clinton

Thanks Michael... your reply/suggestion is most helpful. I have purchased a lot of songs/albums today from iTunes and wanted to add them to my custom playlists. This will help me identify the purchased songs easily. Cheers!

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