# Default values

When we know the likely answer for a question, populate it as a default value.

In the Apply for a building permit form, we set City = San Francisco and State = California for the street address of the project. 

These should be used rarely, but they can be helpful for City, State, and Country.

### Dynamic values

As our form platform evolves, populating fields based on other inputs will make the form easier to fill out. For example, populating City based on your Zip code. 

These features should be tested as we build them to ensure they don’t creep out our users.<br>


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