Boring, Oregon, the real-life American town in which the series is based, is paired with Dull, Scotland as its sister city.
Boring is the actual name of a town about 30 minutes outside Portland. Population as of 2010 was about 7k people.
Boring, Oregon does not have a high school. The series was filmed at the former Oregon City High School.
The typo and style of the opening and closing credits are very similar to those of My So-Called Life, one of the most iconic teen series of the early 90s, which introduced both Claire Danes and Jared Leto.
If you pay close attention in many scenes you'll see more modern technology. For example cars from the 2000s to current or TVs that are newer. The producers did a good job bringing nostalgic items in such as old Gatorade bottles or soda cans but missed modern technology in the background of some shots.