And there are the abiding pleasures like the old hill towns--very much lived-in and un-boutique-ified--such as Morellino di Scansano, Suvereto, and Magliano in Toscana.

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The supermarket is in an affluent neighborhood of Tucson, set in the La Toscana Village shopping center, a bustling place with red-brick pillars and green awnings.

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"Mr. Costner isn't the first person to come to Deadwood with big dreams that didn't come true, " says Francis Toscana, mayor of the gold-rush era town that has found new life in gambling and tourism.

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