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Don't get me wrong. That was not only about phenotypes. It was impression about region as a whole: people, architecture, way of life etc.
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well I can't speak for Tuscany but Northern Italy has a distinctive workalcholic way of life pretty distant from the current stereotypes on Italians being relaxed and laid back.
I think this whole typecasted portrait of Italy has to do with tourists coming here and spending their vacations in resorts in Rome or Ischia where you get a deceptive impression of a relaxed lifestyle.
Personally I never had the impression when abroad of spending my time among work crazed people so different from our own lifestyle.