I've seen expensive being tossed around alot on this forum. I think cost of living is relative. Many factors. Of course in the West food is purposely cheaper. If I compare Qatar to my home country, then Qatar has same, and many cases cheaper options for food, clothing, etc. Yet in my homeland, we earn 3x less ... so for me Qatar is def not expensive. I think people need to really invstigate before saying expensive, etc.