Location

I thought I'd start passing my questionnaire out to people in my neighborhood because I have a few friendly neighbors (and by a few, I mean two), but there is a huge range of people in Masterson Station. It seems that the closer to the neighborhood entrance that you get, the bigger the houses (based on number of floors and backyard size). The closer to Sandersville Elementary, the more families you have. The closer you get to industrial Masterson Station, the smaller the homes.
Additionally, I thought it would serve well to interview the homeless population that has noticeably grown this year. Last year, I don't recall seeing more than three or four people. This year, I've seen at least a dozen.
What changed from last year to this year to cause such a dramatic change?

After I finish with my neighborhood, I plan to go to Towne Square outside of Meadowthorpe, and poke my nose around there. Following Meadowthorpe, I hope to go to different libraries and see if there would be anyone willing to help me there (I plan to hit Northside Branch, Tates Creek, Beaumont, and Central specifically).

I wanted to hit the downtown area, but without a real place to sit down and set up, I'm not sure how well that's actually going to work. But we'll see.

These are just a few places to start. I'm sure once I get into the swing of actually handing things out, more will come to me.

Objective?

The objective of my project is to take a symbolic interaction sort of approach to see how the city of Lexington has influenced the lives of its citizens, and how they've affected the city. I want to know how being in a college city has swayed the decision of students to go to college, and if they wanted to stay in state. I want to know how many of us have lived in Lexington our entire lives. I want to know how many of us are living comfortably and how many of us are struggling. I want to know the aspirations of our citizens, and what they want to do to better our community.
And that's just a start.
So far, I've read two books and began shaping my questionnaire. I plan to include questions that are rather straightforward, such as birthplace, age, and sex, as well as including some more opinion related questions that would refer to the person's experience in Lexington, if they want to leave, if they would return to have a family here, if they feel it is more liberal or conservative.
My mentor Mrs. Perry once told me that she received a 42 page survey in the mail similar to what I've been looking to make. Obviously, I don't want it to be so long, but I imagine it will be rather lengthy.
I'm fearful that I won't be able to find people willing to help me due to lack of interest in my project, but hopefully there will be a few people out there who will help me out.