shipping goods crates in desert - but where to?

[Psistorm]

Im just having a go at the desert scenario in OTTD, since I only ever played normal climate.
the thing that confuses me is this:
when does a town accept goods crates?I have tested several towns with bigger houses, but none accepted goods.

are there any special requirements for a town to accept goods?

it would be good to know, since I have setup a huge station (my first go at advanced track layouts, too ) and wanted to deploy some goods now

[Prof. Frink]

In general you need 3-4 office blocks before a town will accept goods.

Supply the town with passengers, mail (and food and water if in desert) to make it grow.

[Psistorm]

right, ill look into it again, thx
(I was wondering, since towns in the normal climate accepted goods earlier - or seemed to
EDIT:
ok, I figured it out, turned out I had all residential buildings in the towns. now 1 town built a commercial building and I started delivering goods. months later, however, the building disappeared again
city AI can sometimes be sooo annoying...

[Prof. Frink]

It's just easier to get Temperate Towns to grow.