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 Pittsburgh community includes people that send their children to Gideons Elementary School. That attend St. Marks. Spiritualist Church andDeliverance Tabernacle Church. That sign their kids up for Destined For Greatness Youth Outreach to receive mentorship.

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: Pittsburgh Atlanta is %88 black and %6 percent white with the remaining %4 being two or more races.

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: Pittsburgh is named Pittsburgh due to its industrial nature at its founding which reminded people of the original Pittsburgh and its steel mills.

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: An increase in gentrification is a major issue in Pittsburgh currently. Following the great recession, the prices of housing dropped dramatically in the neighborhood leading to an increase in demand for those looking to flip the cheap housing into long-term investments.