When I read a map, I used to think that Indiana was India. I asked my mom can we go to India, it's only the next state. (I live in Chicago)
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I thought that Indian Summer was like the weather in India.Anon
- I used to believe that India and Indonesia were right next to each other since their names sounded alikeAnon
- I used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- when i was 4 my mom told me we lived in Indiana and i would tell people we lived in DianaAnon
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie