#Houston
#Antebellum
#Reconstruction
#Walking
#Hotels
#BoardingHouses
#ResidentialLodging

Working people did not have the means to cook and various residential lodging arrangements provided prepared food packaged in a single price packaged as room and board:
https://bnjd.substack.com/p/residential-hotels-and-boarding-houses

Workers usually found work near their boarding house or found a boarding house near their workplace. The streets were muddy, but the walks were short.