its due in 27 hours from now! please follow the instructions carefully. thanks

Step 1: Refine your “city”. As with our in-class exercise, think of a city with which you have personal experience. Feel free to use the city you picked last week, but you may also choose something different. Find out the population of your city. There are many resources here: the Census Bureau website (census.gov (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.). If your city is in Indiana, you can probably find it on www.stats.indiana.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.; many state universities have similar resources, if your community is not located in Indiana. I would like for the population of your “city” to be between 15,000 and 150,000. I will make exceptions – feel free to email me (well before the due date and time) to request – but my overarching concern is to make sure you are biting off something manageable. If your city is too small – expand it. If you are thinking of someplace rural, try expanding to the entire County – that is perfectly acceptable. Townships are a good in-between, so you might consider that as well. If your city is too large – shrink it. Try a well-known neighborhood in the City, or alternately, try a township. Step 2: Situational facts about your city. Answer the following questions, with about a paragraph each. You do not need to be comprehensive, just try to hit the major points. I am looking for description, so don’t worry about numbers or facts at this point; we are trying to capture the sense of place: What relationships does your city have with surrounding areas? Is it a suburb or satellite of a larger area (outside of itself)? Is it a component of a larger city or metropolitan area? What components can you break down within your city? What are its main areas – neighborhoods, employment districts, shopping areas, and the like? What is your city known for locally? How do city residents view themselves? Consider people who know your area, but don’t live there (e.g., residents of nearby communities, etc.). How do they view your community? Step 3: Quantitative facts about your city. Use the websites above (or any others you might come across; feel free to email me if you have questions): Come up with basic population info for your area. Number of persons. Number of households. Size of labor force (number of workers). Per-capita or average household income (your choice) Basic employment info for your area Number of jobs (note: this is not the same as the size of the labor force!). Outside of government (including schools), what do most of the jobs entail? Are they retail, service, manufacturing, transportation, etc.? If you need help, take a look at the North American Industrial Classification Systems (https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?chart=2017 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) for descriptions of employment types. Gather the same information for some kind of comparison area. Maybe it’s the State in which the city is located, or perhaps the metropolitan area. It may be a comparably-sized city elsewhere. Organize the data (both from your city and the comparison area) into a table. What do the data tell you about your city? What differences are there between your city and the comparison city? What do they tell you about your city? Step 4: Other facts about your city. Write a brief paragraph about how each of the following persons might view your community: A high school student from an upper-income family. An elderly retiree with failing eyesight and a twice-a-week need for dialysis treatment. A retail store manager of a minority ethnicity. A single parent with three kids, ages 10, 7, and 3. A young professional woman who enjoys running and cycling.