All of my friends are animal people. To me cats are people too. Animals are people too. I travel a lot and when I go overseas it's really hard on me because the animals are treated much differently especially in developing countries.
I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But...
There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.