One of its prime features is an 11, 000-square-foot clubhouse -- with a BYOB policy, a dance floor and plenty of heat pumped in.

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The hulking Hartford-area home occupies nearly 18 acres and boasts 19 bedrooms, 25 full baths, multiple kitchens, a racquet ball court, indoor and outdoor pools, a shooting range and a 3, 500-square-foot night club with lighted dance floor.

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Many classes are geared towards locals rather than tourists, although the NYC Hip Hop Dance Company welcomes walk-ins at its weekly lessons near Times Square.

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So here, along the banks of the Rio Grande, in the Square Dance Capital of the World, a medical community came to treat patients the way subprime-mortgage lenders treated home buyers: as profit centers.

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