Because my mum often told me where people were from I believed that the town where my aunty lived was across the street because thats where she 'came from' last time I saw her. This similar principle applied to all my other relatives. There where a lot of towns just outside our house it seems.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that humpty dumpty lived in our towns water towerAnon
- i believed that thunder and lightning came out of the alley across the street from my house.Anon
- The Whit house down the street was the real "White House". — SG
- When I was little, I always believed I was safe from the big bad wolf because I lived in a brick house.— Beth
- when i was 4 my mom told me we lived in Indiana and i would tell people we lived in DianaAnon
- After being told by my parents or relatives to "behave," I would usually reply: "I am being have."— Ed