When I was a child I honestly thought Chicago was a state. I don't know how old I was when I learned that it was a city in Illinois.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that Illinois (where I lived) was a countryAnon
- 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 honestly used to believe that £100 was the largest sum of money you could ever own— Shellene