The Wrong Side of the Tracks
Where the phrase comes from · Card no. 4027
American railroad towns, 1800s. Prevailing wind carried locomotive smoke and soot to one side of the tracks, and property there was cheaper. The line was literal before it was social, which is what made it so hard to cross.
No such place exists, which has never stopped anyone from going. Every card here is an original painting of a phrase, free to send by email or by link.