I grew up in California. I used to think that "Out West" was a region in the middle of the country, where the "Wild West" happened. Past that, was "Back East" which was obviously the east coast. California couldn't possibly be more west of west because things got wilder the more west you went, and my life involved absolutely zero train heists or saloon shoot-outs.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- I thought the song Hotel California by the Eagles said "Welcome to Oakdale California— JewLea
- For along time I thought the Middle East and Eastern Europe were just different names for the same place!— Helllowerer
- i used to believe the sunset was better in California cause it was closer to the sun— hazel
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- I used to think the Black Country region in the UK was called that because everyone lived in darkness there.— K