downwardly mobile 

any individual, family, group, or other association of persons who has lost economic, financial, political and social status either suddenly or over a longer period of time.

1. The Winchesters were once the most prominent family in town. But due to bad luck, poor judgement, financial catastrophe and inheritance taxes, they are now, like most everyone else, nobodies. They have become downwardly mobile.
2. The Big Three automobile manufacturers (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors) of Detroit, MI were once the titans of American industry back in the mid-twentieth century. But newer technologies (the internet, the computer laptop, the iPhone, et al), newer regions (Silicon Valley, Wall Street, SunBelt, et al) and other economic, political and social changes have rendered them to the proverbial back-of-the-bus. The Big Three - and Detroit, MI - have become downwardly mobile.

downwardly mobile by Virgin Suicides July 8, 2017

downwardly mobile 

The opposite direction of the upwardly mobile, Inspiring to move down in life oppose to up. Facination with being ignorant, poor and assed out on the street. The strange direction black urban culture has taken. Anybody who purposly writes messages like - "ayee mah wutz goot wit chew, eyz $eenz y3h pr0falz an$z $33n tat u aintz god no manz h011a ach y3h ni99a!"

Even though i didnt grow up in or around the hood, i am downwardly mobile and will forgo any oppurtunity and act like the white/black/latino trash i always wanted to be.
Hiphop today, what has happened to Bet television, Why every group of immigrants integrate and leave the hood but black folk have been there for 150years

downwardly mobile by jerzeesneed August 12, 2007