we lived in cincinnati, ohio when i was a child and quite often drove into kentucky to get places. i was shamefully old before i realized that ky was actually another state b/c naturally i thought you had to go a long way to get to another state.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- I thought Albania was the state of AlabamaAnon
- when I was young, I thought Denmark was a state, just like Deleware and North Dakota.— valerie
- I thought if someone is in a vegatative state they literally turn into a giant vegetable!— Samilton Duerheiser
- I used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon