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: The Eight Virginia Congressional District, is to be a compact, contiguous area generally located “south of the Beltway” and a portion of Prince William County at I-95 and west in a compact contiguous district.

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: VA-08 Northern Virginia “south of the Beltway” is a suburb of Washington DC. - I frequented the Mount Vernon area as a teen, took my driver-ed at the high school, attended The Basic School at Quantico, and regularly antiqued along US-1 south of the Beltway.

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: Virginians here define themselves by where they went to high school, and where their children and grandchildren attend elementary, middle, and high school. - Along with communities of faith, college & pro football, professional or trade associations, and more recently politics, "school attendance zones" are the primary sources of self-identification here as alums, parents, and PTA members, for sports events, plays and concerts.