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other side of the tracks

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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