If the economy is to pick up in 2012, we will need to see some recovery in housing markets.  Forbes is featuring a slideshow of US cities that are  "ripe for a rebound."  Here is the list:

San Jose, CA,

Houston, TX,

Boston, MA,

Raleigh, NC,

Austin, TX,

Oklahoma City, OK,

Fort Worth, TX,

Pittsburgh, PA,

New Orleans, LA,

and Rochester, NY.

Note that cities like Las Vegas and Fort Myers--cities that saw home values seemingly drop off a cliff--are not on this list.  The Forbes list features cities where housing didn't drop too much, as those cities simply have too far to climb to get back to level ground.  Click here to roll through the slide-show and look at the data for each of the above cities.  Then see what cities you would keep on this list, and what others you might add.