Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where do people in your community gather or socialize?
  - How and where does your community access services (healthcare, transportation, educational services, etc.)?

Examples of activities and services: Shopping areas, schools and universities, libraries, parks, lakes, rivers, places of worship, healthcare services, public transport, local nonprofit organizations, etc.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What are the cultural bonds in your community?
  - If your community has a shared history, what is it?

Examples of cultural or historical interests: Religious groups, ethnic groups, languages, age groups, immigration status, historic or arts districts, etc.

Your response: My community is the non-LDS "newcomers" to the area. Even though I've lived in Utah getting close to half my life, I feel like an outsider, outside the Salt Lake area. I don't feel welcome. Related to representation, I don't feel like my Congressman thinks of me as a "real" Utahn, with a right to representation.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where are residents employed?
  - If there are environmental concerns in your community, what are they?

Examples of economic or environmental interests: Tourism industry, agricultural workers, mining town, manufacturing center, polluted natural resource, unemployment problem, etc.

Your response: My community is the Salt Lake Valley airshed--the "bowl" where wintertime inversions settle. All of us who breathe this air--residents, especially, but also people who work here (esp. in outdoor jobs) have a shared interest in getting healthier air.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What should politicians and/or map drawers know about your community?
  - What are the needs of your community?
  - Is there anything else you want to tell us about your community?

Examples of needs or concerns: Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, shared policy concerns, need for a social service, relationship to other nearby communities, issues with current district lines

Your response: I have a group of friends who engage in some mild political activism. We're all a short drive from each other, but don't live in the same congressional district, which seems crazy.