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: Fields Corner shops and library. Hemenway Park. MBTA: Fields Corner, Shawmut stations. Dorchester Art Project. Shopping center, town field, Ronan park, T station, boys & girls club, family & youth center, restaurants, bars.

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: Appreciation of the Vietnamese community, the ethnic diversity, the local businesses. Huge Vietnamese population, area now called Little Saigon, there are also many Cape Verdeans, Haitians & some Latinx too.

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: Lack of tree cover. Auto emissions from 93. We live in a heat island, the lack of trees is astounding & makes it extremely difficult to get relief from the heat & humidity, certain streets have no trees at all. We are in a climate emergency & not enough is being done to address it. Also the garbage & lack of composting creates lots of rats & mice in the neighborhood, folks leave scraps of food out everywhere thinking to help the animals but it doesn't.

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: Politicians should know that people want to be able to stay in Dorchester. We need more housing at all price points. So there is a big divide between those on the 'hill's vs those us who aren't. And the places w/ money are Popes Hill, Jones Hill, Ashmont Hill, Codman Hill, Neponset Hill, Savin Hill have all the best everything. The amount of new housing being built is not for us, we can't afford these bright, shiny, new apt/condos. They have to consider where the people who live in apt building or triple deckers are not making six figure salaries & can't manage moving when rents get jacked up either. Housing is a human right.