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Grant likes the combination: practical access toward Downtown, newer apartment options, Washington Avenue activity, trails and a strong recent-grad social environment in his firsthand experience. It is not universally best—workplace, building style and budget can move another area ahead—but Lower Heights often gives him the balance he wants for an Aggie grad building a new Houston life.

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