eastrunner

Despite the blockade and changes would you still move to Qatar from within the GCC?

Thanks

ER

fezzer

Honestly, so long as its the right job offer, and you can put up with all the normal issues of living in Qatar, there's no reason not too. Inside the country you wouldn't realise that there was a blockade at all. The blocking of direct flights to Dubai/Abu Dhabi is a deal breaker for some but otherwise business as usual.

weasel decentral

I wouldn't have fancied it much before and definitely not now. My concern wouldn't be about the current situation but the possibility that it could develop into a much worse situation.

scrubbedexpat141

"Good guys don't have to"

DXBtoDOH

Only if you must.

Day to day life is fine. No real changes other than the disappearance of diet coke in cans (but can still get them in glass bottles, on and off). Dairy products are now mostly Turkish and tends to go off quickly. And no direct flights to the UAE, going via Muscat is usually 8-10 hours door to door.

The real reason for not moving to Qatar is the quality of life is below the UAE. It's fine, but it's boring, dusty and shitty. If the money is fantastic, go for it but accept the realities of the tradeoffs. The UAE, especially Dubai, has a certain je ne sais quoi that justifies being there and which does not exist in Qatar, a country that feels more like a purgatory where life and people go nowhere.

Millhouse

Assuming that Qatar has the same summer slowdown, is anyone actually expected to return in September?

eastrunner

Well currently in Muscat so contemplating?

DXBtoDOH

I like the lack of traffic so I hope not.

But I suspect people will and tendering is picking up. Sort of.

FYI a lot if the Arab expats, especially the Egyptians, never went on their summer leave in fear of not being able to get back into the country.

DXBtoDOH

I'd take Muscat over Doha like a shot.

I know Muscat is pretty quiet too but the countryside is fantastic if you love camping and exploring wadis, which I do.

Plus Dubai is a short flight or 5 hours drive away, great for weekends.

Last but not least, Omanis are far friendlier and real people than Qataris.

mission

Regardless of the current political climate...they'd have to double my salary for me to even remotely think about moving to Qatar...it truly is a sh*t hole

Millhouse

or they could offer you a 1/3 more and just tell you they doubled it.

scrubbedexpat141

jam25mack

Bad man!

Dubaiexile

Mission is still thinking about that one!!!!!

Miss Ann Thrope

Is that a euphemism? If it isn't, I think it should be (as an avid explorer of Omani wadis myself)...