Noun
wrong side of the tracks (plural wrong sides of the tracks)
(idiomatic) The part of town that is not inhabited by the wealthy. An area where the working class, poor or extremely poor live.
He grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, but he made a success of himself.
I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged. Faye Dunaway
I started here in Australia, playing a lot of roles but never the lead guy in shows here. I always tended to play the rougher guy, the criminal who gets caught or shot by the cops. Or the boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks. Sullivan Stapleton
I was living on the wrong side of the tracks in Evanston, Illinois, in a home for boys. We had these Jackson 5 records. I really related to their voices - they were about my age, but they were doing it. Eddie Vedder
I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms. Rufus Wainwright