Dale Thomson, research associate at Wayne State's Center for Urban Studies, comments about the city of Detroit's decision to pursue a high-priced condo development instead of senior housing at the site of the former Rochdale Court Apartments. Located at the corner of Lafayette and Orleans, the building - which offered senior citizens affordable housing - was torn down in 2002 with the understanding that its replacement would serve the same kind of residents. "The data doesn't account for the quality of housing," Thomson says. "There are a lot of affordable units in Detroit that are in terrible condition or in bad areas. You can't account for this through the data, but we know this to be true."