i used to believe that, every time my mom and i went on a short road trip leaving my hometown, we were actually leaving the state, so when we would come back in to town i would exclaim,"i sure am glad we're back in North Carolina!" when in all actuality we never traveled outside of the state by a long shot.
A childhood belief about cars

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 used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- I thought Albania was the state of AlabamaAnon
- I used to think the entire state of Pennsylvania was made out of pencils.— Pencil-vania