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Vandalism of Breakfast Klub's Obama mural goes national, rallies support forpresident

Artist Reginald Adams, who painted the first mural, enjoyed a crowd of roughly100 supporters Wednesday night as he created the new design.
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A new image has been painted across the Breakfast Klub's well-known Obama mural,which was destroyed by two glass jars filled with red paint.
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Watch out, vandals . . . the president's not putting up with crap this timearound.
Photo by Tyler Rudick

When life gives you lemons . . . paint a rockin' Obama mural with the help of the community.

Houston artist Reginald Adams enjoyed a crowd of about 100 supporters Wednesday night, as he set out to replace a well-known Barack Obama mural that was vandalized early Monday morning.

With the help of dozen volunteers, a new image — featuring the president in a vintage Uncle Sam-style pose — was hand-painted over the damaged "Hope" mural located on a building across from the Breakfast Klub, whose owner Marcus Davis commissioned the original piece for the 2008 campaign as well as this new project.

"This was an ugly situation that ended up turning into a thoughtful community engagem ent."

"It took us a while to work out the kinks with our LCD projectors and transfer the design, but by midnight were finished and packing up," Adams tells CultureMap. "We really had a great team helping out and the encouragement from people driving by and honking."

The Breakfast Klub hoped to hold the mural-painting event during presidential debate, but Tuesday's rain made for less-than-ideal work conditions.

"I've painted a lot of murals in my life and I've learned never to mess with Mother Nature," Adams laughs. "She wins every time. All that rain and moisture could have made a mess far worst than the vandalism itself."

The destruction of the '08 Obama mural has had a surprisingly positive impact in rallying local support for the president, Adams notes, especially after the Huffington Post made the story one of its lead art articles.

"This was an ugly situation that ended up turning into a thoughtful community engagement," he says. "I love making art with people like this and feel lucky to have had the opportunity. It was heaven for me."

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7 Houston neighbors make U.S. News list of best places to live in 2026

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Several Houston suburbs have been crowned the best places to live in the U.S. for 2026, according to U.S. News & World Report. Sugar Land was the highest-ranked city in the Houston metro, and ranked as the 10th best place to live in the country.

The annual list of Best Places to Live in the U.S. is designed to help readers make the most informed decisions when choosing where to settle down, using data from sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, the Federal Reserve and the Bureau for Economic Analysis, as well as state and local sources.

For the 2026-2027 rankings, U.S. News featured 250 U.S. cities and ranked them across four livability indexes — quality of life, value, desirability, and job market — weighted by importance based on survey results of approximately 500 Americans. The rankings were also broken down state-by-state, as well as the best big, medium, and small cities overall.

Sugar Land is the No. 4 best places to live in Texas, and it soared into the No. 10 spot overall in the nation after ranking 16th last year. Sugar Land also ranked as the fourth-best mid-sized city to live in America for 2026-2027.

According to U.S. News, Sugar Land's median household income is far higher than the national average. Residents make $140,511 per year, while the average American household income is only $83,181.

Additionally, the $431,815 median home value in Sugar Land is also far greater than the $359,870 national average.

After ranking in the top 10 in the 2025 report, League City and Pearland now both rank outside the national top 10 for 2026. League City slipped from No. 6 to No. 13 this year, while Pearland sank from No. 3 nationwide to No. 16.

These three Houston suburbs also boast highly desirable job markets for potential newcomers or current residents that want to start or change their career.

Houston proper, however, remains outside of the top 250 and is the 327th best place to live in the U.S., and it's the 60th best place to live in Texas.

Other cities in the greater Houston area that ranked among the top 100 include:

No. 28 – The Woodlands
No. 38 – Katy
No. 61 – Missouri City
No. 82 – Spring

The Lone Star State had a "strong showing" in the overall top 10 thanks to its "high affordability scores," a release said. Besides Sugar Land, three more popular Texas suburbs made the cut: Leander (No. 8) outside Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs Flower Mound (No. 3) and Frisco (No. 9).

"As prices of everyday goods continue to rise, consumers are considering affordability as a top priority when choosing a place to live," said U.S. News consumer lending analyst Erika Giovanetti. "While U.S. News’ consumer survey indicated that quality of life and affordability were close in importance, cost-of-living concerns resulted in many Americans putting what they can afford above their aspirations."

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