As I loved geography and maps as a small kid, I would look through the pre-Interstate System maps of the United States (1950s). For many years I would examine Washington, D. C. metro maps. At the same time, I looked all over Washington State trying to figure out where Washington, D. C. was. It HAD to be near Seattle?
Washington, D. C. had U.S. 50 running near it but couldn't for the life of me find U.S.50 on the Washington State maps or in the Tacoma-Seattle area. There
was New York, New York, so there had to be a Washington, D. C., Washington . . . right?
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- When I was little I thought that Washington( D.C. )was in Washington state. Anon
- I used to believe that the lower level of the George Washington Bridge in NYC was named Martha Washington— Shayne
- I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.Anon
- When I was liitle I used to think that God looked like george WashingtonAnon
- Good looked exactly like George Washington.
I have no idea where I got this.— Leen - I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic