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 community is a rural community, spread across a broad geographical area. It is focused around the hospital in Morehead City and on two highways--70 and 24.

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: My community is made of Carteret County natives, military families, and many tourists who often become permanent or semi-permanent residences. We are united by the ocean and the wetlands, small business from Cape Carteret, Emerald Isle to Newport and Morehead City. We are divided from one of our neighboring communities by the Beaufort Bridge.

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 united in keeping our beaches and waterways clean, safe, productive. We rely heavily on tourism in the summer months. We also regularly endure hurricane damage.

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: Our community has noticeable wage discrepancies. We have a high rate of drug-related crime and overdose rates. Young people do not tend to stay here or join our community.