When I was a child, I believed Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota was actually New York city. I thought anytime my mom or dad took me there, we were going to New York.
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
- When I was young I thought that York Peppermint Patties were illegal drugs.— Shirley B.
- 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
- I thought the big apple was literally a giant apple in New York Anon
- i thought that if water towers fell the city would flood. So everynight i would stay up worrying.— o.O haku