the wrong side of the tracks

also the other side of the tracks

the poor area of a city or town She was brought up on the wrong side of the tracks in a small southern town.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms the wrong side of town or the wrong side of the street: Her family was clearly from the wrong side of town.

Etymology: based on the idea that a poor area is often divided from the rest of a town by railroad tracks

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lakshmana	-	Hinduism
Gracelyn	GRAYS-lin	English (Modern)
Sandra	SAHN-drah (Italian, Dutch, Finnish), SAN-drə (English), ZAHN-drah (German)	Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic,
Ortwin	AWRT-veen (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Driskoll	DRIS-kəl	English (Rare)
Stafford	STAF-ərd	English