the other side of the tracks

the other/wrong side of the tracks

(American & Australian)

the poor area of a town She grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in a small southern town.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gulnaz	-	Kazakh, Georgian, Urdu
Catherine	ka-tə-REEN (French), ka-TREEN (French), KATH-ə-rin (English), KATH-rin (English)	French, English
Mireya	-	Spanish
Lennard	LEN-ərd	English (Rare)
Gosse	GAWS (English)	English (Rare), Medieval French
Teuvo	TE-oo-vo	Finnish