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From the full article on Forbes.com:

To find cities that offer the most bang for the buck, we looked at the country's 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas -- geographical entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, for use in collecting statistics across these measures:  foreclosures as a percentage of home prices; vacancies; unemployment rates; three-year job growth forecast; a three-year home-price forecast; housing affordability; median real estate taxes; and median travel time to work.

Omaha topped this list in addition to being named the city best surviving the recession.