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This coefficient is inversly proportional (approximately) to the number of time you go to McDonalds in 1 week.

The actual equation would be:

CIC =	1
	-----
	n+1

where:
				n	=	the number of visits to McDonalds / week.

A CIC of 1 indicates full imersion, however, it should be noted that the locals would on average have a CIC of 0.667, since going to McDonalds is kinda trendy.

It is easy to achieve a CIC of 1 (or close enough) becuase arepas are just so darn good.

A recent incident has prompted me to revise this equation however. Provision should be made for different types of visits:

CIC =	1
	-----------------
	n - ( m / 2) +1

where:
	n	=	the number of normal visits per week (type 1)
	m	=	the number of visits with, and suggested by, a local (type 2)

This sign is probably the tallest thing around.
This is the Cabimas McDonalds

This effectively means that if you go to McDonalds as a result of the suggestion or insistance of a local, that visit is only worth half that of a solo visit.

Further inspection shows that in fact the equation should be:

CIC =	1
	-----------------------------
	n - ( m / 2) + ( o * 2) +1

where:
	n	=	the number of normal visits per week (type 1)
	m	=	the number of visits with, and suggested by, a local (type 2)
	o	=	the number of visits with, and suggested by, a fellow expat (type 3)

This would make it twice as bad to go to McDonalds with a group of gringos than it would be by yourself, and only half as bad as with a group of latinos.

It should be noted that if the group contains an equal number of gringos / latinos, the visit counts as a normal visit. An unbalancing of the number of gringos and latinos should classify the visit as type 1 or type 2 accordingly.