We have a Iot of family in Chicago and when I was young, I thought Chicago was a state.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- when I was young, I thought Denmark was a state, just like Deleware and North Dakota.— valerie
- 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
- I thought if someone is in a vegatative state they literally turn into a giant vegetable!— Samilton Duerheiser
- I was about 6 and thought my family invented the fart because I never heard anyone outside my family do it.— Bob
- I used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon