I've been to South Park plenty of times. Oddly enough it's where I used to have to take my ignition lock to be calibrated every month for two years after I got my DUI. But even outside of that I've been there a decent amount of times, it's been a few years though.
I mean yeah that area is sort of out of the way from the rest of Seattle, not a lot to do, and some parts are sorta rundown but I never thought much of it. Got quite a few good Mexican food joints out there. I think there are a bunch of breweries out there now too right?
Seattle is pretty small overall I think most people who have lived here a decent amount of time have been to most parts of it for one reason or another.