“How We Get By,” a new series from KQED News, looks at how people in the Bay Area make due with the sky-high cost of living. Prices for necessities from housing and food to childcare and gas have shot up in the past decade and somehow, millions of people have managed to keep up – but how? For some people, it’s putting multiple generations under one roof, taking on a side hustle or cutting back on extras. What strategies help you afford to stay here? At what point do the costs outweigh the benefits? We examine the price of living in the Bay Area, how it has shaped us and hear your experience.

Guests:

Erin Baldassari, senior editor of housing affordability, KQED

Neale Mahoney, professor of economics, Stanford University; former special policy advisor for economic policy, White House National Economic Council

Abigail Lucia Sanchez, predoctoral researcher, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

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