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Downtown Houston is physically walkable and has real restaurants, bars and nightlife, but Grant ranks it below Lower Heights, Greater Heights, Washington Avenue, Montrose and River Oaks for the typical recent Aggie grad. His concern is lifestyle fit: in his firsthand experience, recent grads more often prefer surrounding neighborhoods for after-work and weekend energy.

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