Brit : I fully understand your comments, all I am saying is those figures are actual, may be a little higher than some people would spend but this is a true reflection on the costs for an expat living in a compound ( not a labor camp ). My figure is 20,500 per month against your figure of 6,200, so lets split the difference and say 14,000 per month is the average for a comfortable life in Qatar. If people budgeted on this figure and then found living here is cheaper than that it is only a good thing. What would be wrong is if people budget 6,000 and then when they arrive they find in reality it would cost them 14,000.
Brit : I fully understand your comments, all I am saying is those figures are actual, may be a little higher than some people would spend but this is a true reflection on the costs for an expat living in a compound ( not a labor camp ). My figure is 20,500 per month against your figure of 6,200, so lets split the difference and say 14,000 per month is the average for a comfortable life in Qatar. If people budgeted on this figure and then found living here is cheaper than that it is only a good thing. What would be wrong is if people budget 6,000 and then when they arrive they find in reality it would cost them 14,000.