Others point out that the textile industry, which provided steady employment to several generations of farm kids and paid for many a son's and daughter's college education, once seemed invincible as well. Hopefully, Mercedes in Alabama and Nissan in Mississippi will transform the economy, but that doesn't necessarily mean they will be there forever and ever. For residents of the latest southern town to welcome an automaker, Canton, Miss., population 12,000, the coming of Nissan has produced excitement, but also a touch of apprehension. But we've got some mixed emotions. And, no doubt, a lot of change.
Nothing attests to that as clearly as the site of the new plant.
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