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.

Your response: My immediate community is made up of graduate students who attend the University of Utah and the surrounding community is made up of relatively affluent white-collar citizens with an interest in culture, education, and outdoor recreation.

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: Most of the neighborhoods in my community are older neighborhoods that likely share a high-level of education, an interest in outdoor recreation, and community improvement. Unlike other parts of the state, the religious makeup of my community is unlikely to be majority Mormon.

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: A substantial proportion of my community either attends or works at the University of Utah. Because we all share Salt Lake City, there is a significant concern about air quality and the decreasing length and amount of our annual snowfall (which hampers the ski season). I think we share a desire for access to clean, outdoor spaces.

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: Federally, I am represented by the same person who represents Saint George while many of my friends and co-workers whose houses I can drive to in 5 minutes are represented by someone else. It's bizarre. My broader community has been sliced and diced so that we are split up and not represented by people who share our same values. At the state level, our current borders seem to do a good job at keeping my immediate community together and represented by people who share out values.