When I was little my mom would always say if California sunk Puerto Rico would become the 50th state. I used to believe that meant that Puerto Rico would be picked up and moved to where California was.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I thought the song Hotel California by the Eagles said "Welcome to Oakdale California— JewLea
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- i used to believe the sunset was better in California cause it was closer to the sun— hazel
- We would drive by UNION BANK here in California and I would say "Onion bank!" My Mom would bust up laughing.— BINGO
- I used to belive that when you moved, a big crane picked up your house and dropped it somewhere else.Anon
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic