The Decline of Hegewisch?

This another thread about Chicago's most remote neighborhood, Hegewisch. My question is, will Hegewisch experience the same decline and surge in crime as some of Chicago's other Southeast Side neighborhoods? The South Chicago area (area to the north of Hegewisch) is in dumps thanks to various steel mill closures and the Pullman/Riverdale area is doing pretty badly as well. Also, the Chicago suburbs to the south and the Indiana suburbs to the east are in decline as well. With decline on four sides, will Hegewisch decay along with those areas? It has recorded a population loss for 1990-2000 and maybe even 1980-1990. This is a troubling sign for the type of area Hegewisch is (working class/blue collar). Another question is: if the Red Line were extended along the South Shore tracks to Hegewisch (can be done reasonably easily), would Hegewisch be helped and if so, how much?>