Pullman and others

Have any of you guys ever visited Pullman or the Pullman historic district? I have gone there just once--it's really nice but it needs some renovation. Interestingly, Pullman is SO far south that it almost feels like it's in another city. I would love to see south side neighborhoods get more attention on this forum. Pullman and other somewhat "distant" neighborhoods like Hegewisch and Beverly are actually VERY nice, albeit kind of family-oriented. But all of them are historical and urban, with an incredibly beautiful housing stock, as well as some nice (but smaller-scale) urban shopping strips, including Commercial Ave between 98th and 103rd st (being placed, by the way, on Chicago's list of pedestrian streets in the new Zoning Ordinance). I wonder why people don't visit them as much. Do any of you guys see any of those 'hoods coming into the limelight in the near future? What do you think is holding them back? From my understanding, all of them have good Metra access. What they lack, however, is CTA 'L lines. Does anybody have any more interesting info about these neighborhoods, or pics, that they would like to share?>