the tracks

The line between the rich or fashionable part of town and the poor or unfashionable part of town.

/The poor children knew they would not be welcome on the other side of the tracks./

/Mary's mother did not want her to date Jack, because he came from across the tracks./

— Often used in the expression "the wrong side of the tracks".

/The mayor was born on the wrong side of the tracks, but he worked hard and became successful./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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