Today someone asked me:  "when you move into a new town, how do you figure out all the important things to know?"  I said, "like what"?  She said, "exactly!  what are the most important things to know?"  After an appropriate pause, I said "to me there are two things - a haircutter you can trust and a dentist who won't hurt you but can still take care of your teeth" 

It did occur to me that people in different stages of life, might want to know different things - like how to find a babysitter you can trust?  Where is a great bar to meet people?  When I moved to Mass., my mother's most important questions was "how near are you to the hospital?"  Of course, she was in her 80's and in a small town and I was 40ish and in Boston.

What questions do you think are the most important to someone new to a community?  Do you have a special way, or setting, in which you propose answers to these questions?