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Vermont is located in the heart of Houston's Montrose neighborhood. I lived in a duplex on Vermont seven years ago and loved it. The street is pretty quiet.
It's close to everything I wanted. The University of St. Thomas is a few minutes away. There are many good restaurants including Cafe Montrose and Mark's. Cafe Brasil is a great place to hang out and drink coffee or wine and Empire Cafe has yummy desserts. There are some quality art galleries close by. The neighborhood is known for being artsy even though artists can no longer afford to live there.

South Boulevard is in the South Hampton neighborhood in Houston. The homes on this mature, established street are beautiful. There are some great contemporary houses thrown into the mix here.
This street is wonderful because of its location. It is close to a major highway, but feels far from one. The Musseum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Contemporary Arts Museum are blocks away. There is great shopping a few minutes away in the West University shopping centers. Unique and highly-rated restaurants and bars are all within a few minutes of this street. Down town is only a few miles away. The schools in this area a good and it's a lovely place to raise children if you can afford it.

University Blvd. is located in the West University neighborhood in Houston. It is close to the beautiful Rice University campus and Houston's first-rate medical center. On this street or just blocks away are a multitude of boutique shops and retail chain stores, as well as wonderful restaurant and bar choices. One of my favorite places to get a beer is located very nearby - The Ginger Man. They have a huge selection of beers on tap, a beautiful patio and dogs and children are welcome.
The homes located on University Blvd are gorgeous and pretty exclusive, but not stuffy.

Larchmont is located in the super-exclusive River Oaks neighborhood in Houston. It is a residential street but very centrally located. The vibe on the street is stuffy but the homes are beautiful.

Larchmont is close to lots of shopping. The River Oaks shopping center and the Upper Kirby District and the Galleria offer many, many upscale retail venues and tons of restaurants. There is also a Target and a Whole Foods Market just minutes away.

West Gray is one of my favorite streets in Houston. It hooks up to River Oaks and the Montrose neighborhood. The residential areas of this street are pretty exclusive. River Oaks is one of the wealthiest zip codes in America.

West Gray is a great street for shopping and eating out. The River Oaks shopping center goes on for blocks. There are many restaurants, shops (both national chains and boutiques), even art galleries. It is also home to the best and only remaining art house movie theatres. The River Oaks Theatre is run by the Landmark group and hosts a fun series of cult-classic midnight movies on Friday and Saturday nights.

This street is close to downtown and Memorial Park.

Hopkins Street in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston is not a good place to live. It's a fun place to hang out and good for nightlife but living there is not safe (especially at the Pacific Street intersection). I lived in an apartment at this intersection and it was awful. There were very young male prostitutes who hung out on this corner waiting for customers. They would bother me when I was coming and going from the apartment. My car was also broken into twice at this location. The surrounding neighborhood is great - wonderful restaurants and bars, close to downtown and the museum district but this street is not a safe place for a lone female to be at night. This street was also incredibly noisy as there are multiple clubs a few blocks away. Drunk people walking back to their cars at 3am are very noisy and annoying when you are trying to sleep.

Just a few years ago, Nett consisted mostly of lower income, single family homes. Only a few of those older homes remain today. Poorly constructed, over-priced townhomes have gone up in their place. The surrounding neighborhood has transformed as well. There are many great restaurants near by, such as Catalan, Max's Wine Dive, The Daily Grind, SOMA Sushi, and El Tiemp just to name a few. There are also lots of new bars and clubs in the neighborhood. It's also an easy commute to downtown. It's a bike ride away from Memorial Park.

Sul Ross is a beautiful street in the heart of Houston's Montrose neighborhood. It is walking distance to the University of St. Thomas which has a beautiful campus designed by Phillip Johnson. It is also home to the Menil Collection - a world class private art museum. The museum was designed by architect Renzo Piano as was the Cy Twombly Gallery which is one block away. Also on Sul Ross is the Rothko Chapel.
There are many quaint local eateries in the surrounding area. One of my favorites is Cafe Artiste which is just blocks away.

On this street you find a mix of housing types and people as the neighborhood is transforming from low-income to yuppie. There are large complexes of new (built within the past 5 years) townhomes. The townhomes are mostly modern, metal buildings that cater to the young business/corporate crowd. Surrounding these townhomes are old, single family shotgun-type homes. Every time I vist, I see fewer and fewer of these homes b/c they are being torn down to make room for the townhomes. The street is walking distance to downtown. There is a gay piano bar a block away and a nice sports bar two blocks away. I have felt unsafe on this street late at night. The parking is all street parking and I know people who have had their cars broken into and I also know someone who was mugged at gun point.

This is a quiet, residential street in the Oak Forest neighborhood. The houses were built in the fifties and young families are beginning to move to this family-friendly neighborhood. Many of the homes on this street are from the 1950s but big, new construciton is popping up on this street as well as the surrounding streets. This street is close to a Texas Exemplary elementary school. A grocery store is within walking/biking distance and there are a few coffee shops and restaurants within a few miles of the street.