okA parking spot — a parking spotis going for $225,000 in Manhattan. And there is a waiting list for them.

The average price of a home in Charlotte is right around that number — maybe even a little less.

Yet Charlotte wants to pretend that you run a couple of trains into Uptown — albeit at a cost of a couple billion dollars — and boom! Instant Manhattan, with a side of fried okra.

Mmmmm, fried okra. Sorry, having a Homer Simpson moment.