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: Arlington Park, I guess, though that's going out of business.

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: We are a part of the growing suburbs around Chicago and the Golden Corridor of business. Our economic growth unites the northwest suburbs and makes us a community of interest. We want a fair and equitable Illinois that actually grows, not shrinks in population.

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: Keeping our state districts compact around our areas, hopefully without splitting towns, would probably be best. I expect to hear from people running in Arlington Heights or surrounding areas like Barrington or Wheeling. Actually, with our congressional districts, I think the 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th could use a good redraw. Have a district go along the Golden Corridor, to represent our economic unity.