11. Critics say " logo buildings " drown out local character and homogenize our communities. 12. Desmond's shop was a gathering place for an assortment of local characters . 13. A local character and an important one in the foreign community I would say. 14. The casting was also subject to controversy, with white actors playing local characters . 15. But most blackouts are of a local character , and rarely affect the whole country. 16. Now, communities from East to West are threatened with the loss of their local character . 17. The Canons Regular were more similar to the Benedictines in their independence and their local character . 18. They were voted second as San Francisco's " Best Local Character " in 2000. 19. The republican patriots found themselves once more dispersed, and again the war took a local character . 20. A supporting actor in many television series filmed in Hawaii, Bumatai often played a local character .