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: Most people in my community are practicing Jews, so many of us gather at one of the two main Bukharian Jews synagogues, Beth Gavriel synagogue on 108th street in Rego Park and the Bukharian Jewish Community Center on 71st avenue in Forest Hills. During days off and after school hours many of the community members gather at the Annadale Playground and Yellowstone park, which are staple parks of the community. Finally, the community is also held together by the presence of a public elementary, middle, and high school, which makes it very easy to go to school within the community regardless of age.

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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: A large proportion of the community is comprised of Bukharian Jews, who are Jews that come from the former USSR countries of Central Asia. They share common culture, religion, and languages (Russian,Bukharian), and all immigrated to the Forest Hills/Rego Park area during the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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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: The community contains a variety of professions, ranging from barbers to real estate to doctors to restaurant owners. Although many of the community members do not work within the community, the ones that do have a very diverse range of jobs. The community relies on outdoor areas such as parks and playgrounds as it is a suburban area and has a high population of children, thus it is important for the community to not be over-urbanized.

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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: We hope that the members of this community can be kept in the same district, as it contains the highest density of Bukharian Jews in the world, all of whom share the same or similar cultural, social, and economic interests.