Is that because you care more about the people nearer to you, or because it's easier to help them? (Personally, I'd answer 'yes' and 'probably not', respective

Is that because you care more about the people nearer to you, or because it's easier to help them? (Personally, I'd answer 'yes' and 'probably not', respectively. If you want to help people in bulk, you can probably get easier targets if you're willing to look in some of the poorer countries in the world. GiveWell's charity evaluations seem to confirm this: http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities)