Al Barzan 2 is great! I have a friend who lives in there and it's very nice. Nice garden area behind each villa and great pool. From what my friend says, she'll ask the guys to come fix something and that afternoon they're there. It's 50 villas, 25 for Mersk people and 25 other and the place is pretty empty. I'm currently trying to get husband's employer to move us over there...It's not right by the American School but it's on a back road that lead straight to the school. I can't imagine it's that bad of a commute. There's really only one roundabout that gets busy. Don't know about the other compound.