Houston's Heights named among nation's best big-city neighborhoods

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In Houston-centric list news this week, CNN Money put the Houston Heights at No. 4 on their list of top 10 big-city neighborhoods.

The Heights is in the company of hipster mecca Silver Lake in Los Angeles, San Diego's Pacific Beach, Lakewood in Dallas, and Alamo Heights in San Antonio.

Topping the list is New York City's Park Slope district.

CNN also noted the household income and home value for each area on the list. The average cost of a two-room rental in Park Slope is $3,000, while the same in our Heights 'hood is $2,000.

Anyone who has looked for apartments in the Heights knows that this is on the higher end of the market. A month's rent will only set you back a grand in Philadelphia's Mount Airy.

In Park Slope, a two-bedroom unit wouldn't be nearly as spacious as something just steps away from Boomtown Coffee or Fitzgerald's in the Heights.

CNN sets median household income in the Heights at $63,500, with median home values at $251,400.