Even with all the booms of urbanization throughout the world, the overall urban population percentage did not exceed the rural percentage until 2007 (World Urbanization Prospects 7-10). Of course there are different levels of urbanization in different countries. Urbanization is much higher in more developed countries like Europe and Northern America. Asia’s urbanization levels have alternated widely due to China’s rapidly increased urbanization rates compared to the rest of the continent (World Urbanization Prospects 7-10). Mrs. Elizabeth Lowry, a recently retired member of the City of Gastonia Transportation Planning, stated that in recent years there has not been a lot of urbanization in Gastonia. However, according to her there has been
