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From K-QD in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

The Bay Area is getting older at a faster rate than other parts of the country.

We're now the third oldest region in the U.S. after a couple spots in Florida.

Some neighborhoods in Berkeley now have a median age of 60.

What will it take for our urban infrastructures to support our aging population?

We talk through the latest data here from aging experts and learn from local organizations

who have been meeting the so-called silver tsunami head-on.

It's all coming up next, right after this news. I'm I'm I'm

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I'm Thank you. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. The country's getting older. California is getting older, but the Bay Area is getting older faster than other places. This has been predicted by demographers for a long time, and it's happening.

It's a multifaceted phenomenon, fewer children, fewer younger immigrants, and a cost of living

and housing crisis that make it difficult for younger people to stick around.

Today we're going to look at the aging Bay Area population

from a few different angles and ask some experts about what we know works to create thriving

intergenerational neighborhoods and what else our region needs to do to support our elders.

Joining us first this morning, we've got Stacey Torres, who is a professor at UCSF and author of At Home in the City, Growing Old in Urban America.

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