I used to think that Norwich was Britains answer to Las Vegas, all because of the glamourous image projected by Nicholas Parsons and Sale of the Century. Palm trees, big cars, beautiful women.
Sadly, this belief persisted until I was 19 or so, and actually went to Norwich, and found out it was a dump.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- i used to believe when you died you went to heaven and played sale of the century!!!!Anon
- I used to believe that pineapples grew on palm trees.— mel
- When I was little I used to think that Phoenix palm trees were pineapples that some one forgot to pickAnon
- For a while, I thought Vegas and Las Vegas were two different cities.— Jen
- When I saw signs stating "Lots for sale" I thought it meant that there was a lot for sale.— Robin
- I used to believe that Vegas and Las Vegas were two different cities.— Noel