i lived in q8 for like 11 years before coming to Qatar. Yes, 'baldrick2dogs' is absolutely right, the locals there are the most, and the ultimate arrogant ppl i have ever seen. This attitude also is much evident in their driving habits.

On the other hand, if you can tolerate this, kuwait would be good as 'nothing but sand' mentioned about the advanced services, salary,..etc. I suffered alot in Doha to find for example stuff for home.

Kuwait is well planned in this: so when you want to service your car, you know where to go ( shuwaikh area), if you want to buy tools ( same area), electronics ( ghanim and eureka), haraj there is like 5 times bigger than here in Doha...etc.

There is almost nothing called split or window unit flats. It has been long time discarded, all new flats are central a/c, and rents are far much lower than doha.

As for the Indian community, errr hmmm ( i am egyptian), but i think there not much difference.

Hope this helped