“A lot of the best hospitals are in really bad neighborhoods”
Houston has lots of areas that go from rich to poor and back again.
But pretty much all of the area surrounding the medical center is expensive property. You find some rough areas as you get closer to NRG Stadium, but I doubt the path the doctor took was related to him being near a bad neighborhood.
From a Houston Chronicle article
The doctor was traveling northbound on Main Street at the intersection with
Holcombe Boulevard when the gunman passed him, Houston police said. Two
blocks later, the gunman turned around on his mountain bike and fired at least
two shots at Hausknecht, who immediately went down, as the shooter kept
riding north.