A friend of mine lives in the suburbs outside of Boise, ID. They have four kids and whenever they go to downtown Boise, they tell them they're going to New York City. So that's what the kids call it, and they really think that it is New York City.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the "real" Santa Claus was at Macy's in New York City. All the rest were fakes. — Marcia
- My friend was in Germany, and she thougth that "ausfart" was a city.— Tone
- I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon
- That there was an underground tunnel linking New York to San Francisco.— Christophe Chang
- When I was young I thought that York Peppermint Patties were illegal drugs.— Shirley B.
- I thought the big apple was literally a giant apple in New York Anon