Courtesy of Emily F. PopekI lived in Salem, Oregon growing up and thought it was so boring.After leaving for college and coming back to visit my parents, I realized it wasn't so uncool.Moving back to Oregon now feels impossible.When I was 16 years old, I was convinced that the most boring place on Earth was Salem, Oregon.As a grunge-punk teen growing up in the 90s, I thought Salem was everything that Seattle and Portland were not.