I suppose that could be true. IIRC, one of the Metra Trains - the Rock Island Service - stops in both Englewood and Gresham (at least that's what the stops are labeled.) I took that train for about 8 years before switching back to the Southwest Service which (again, IIRC) goes through the Gresham neighborhood.
BTW, that Hey Jackass! site is great!
A good buddy of mine from high school lived in Beverly, and we’d occasionally pick up the Rock Island near his home on our way downtown.
And I still have fond memories of cutting high school classes one day to make opening week of one the James Bond flics; the goof-offs I went to the show with all met at the El station at 63rd and Ashland - right smack in Englewood - and took it downtown. No way I’d do that today under any circumstances, drunk or sober.
It’s a shame what’s happened to Gresham. In a similar vein, about 6 months back I bailed from the Bishop Ford at 115th Street due to a major back-up, and worked my way south down Michigan Avenue through the Pullman neighborhood. Now Pullman was never anything great, but these days it’s downright scary. My wife told me if I ever did that again, she’d never speak to me - if we survived, that is.