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: We have a big Costco and HEB grocery store near us as well as the Smart Financial Center (concert and show venue). There is a campus of the University of Houston here. My community has two large Muslim religious centers - the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center and the Maryam Islamic Center. There are several Hindu temples that people in the community go to but are not located directly in the area.

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  - 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 largely Asian American including a number of naturalized citizens originally from India, Pakistan and China. People speak a lot of languages in addition to English - Mandarin, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam, Korean, Vietnamese and Spanish. A lot of people moved into the area recently often from other parts of the United States.

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  - 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: This community is suburban, upper class and upper middle class, highly educated - many people are in STEM careers (medicine, IT, engineers). Many people had been employed in oil & gas and oilfield services companies. Flooding is a major concern as well as severe weather (tropical storms/hurricanes). Our homes are protected by levee improvement districts.

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  - 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 think that the South Asian community in particular should be kept together