I used to believe that nobody could see the top of skyscrapers. My first trip to New York City was a great disappointment.
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
- I used to believe that the large building/skyscrapers that made smoke were "cloud machines"Anon
- 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