I live in an area called Al Luqta. It's a little way out of the centre on the D ring road. but as I said nothing is really that far in Doha it just depends on traffic.
It takes my husband around 15 - 20 minutes commute most days, in London it took around 2 hours.
We have been really happy here, we've now in our 14th month.
West bay is very nice, I have a number of friends who live in that area.
Will you be working when your over here?