A couple of links to articles that might enlighten you a bit more about life in Qatar:

http://thebillfold.com/2013/04/the-cost-of-things-in-qatar/

In the following article, I can say that #5 and #11spoke to me:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/9990816/Fifteen-signs-you-have-lived-in-Qatar-too-long.html