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: The churches, the downtown area restaurants, the high schools and stadiums, Hampton University, the parks and beaches where people fish are all important service areas.

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 areas around Hampton University, there's a church from 1600, the area where Africans first landed, the beaches, Fort Monroe, the Emancipation Proclamation, historical tree, the historical cemeteries, and Hampton itself all represent the diverse history of Hampton. Healthcare facilities, Hampton University Proton Lab

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: Sustainability of the seafood industry is very important (i.e. crab factory). Concerns about flooding, erosion of the beaches, etc that deal with the various industries that relate to water. Problems with public transportation that doesn't operate at the time people go to work. Connection of Hampton to the shipyard and Langley airforce base and NASA where many people work. The military is very present and was the nexus of Hampton, including the VA hospital because there is a very large VA population. All of these economic interests are interconnected

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