other side of the tracks



other side of the tracks

 and wrong side of the tracks
the poor part of a town or city. He was a rich boy, and she was a girl from the other side of the tracks. You don't want to buy a house in that neighborhood. It's on the wrong side of the tracks.
See also: of, other, side, track

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dewitt[də'wit]
Tonka-Slovene, Croatian
Sime-Macedonian
Sa'd-Arabic
Mattie['mæti]
Lorea-Basque