Buġibba x Qawra or St. Julian's and surrounds (???)

Hello everyone!
I need some advices, We're a couple living in Malta about 4 months, our contract is expiring in February, definitely we will not stay in this apartment. We live meters away from Balluta Bay, great location, great bus connection, but it's quite expensive for the Malta's wages (€600).
We arrived in bad time, August when everything was already rented for short-term
.
By the time we got job, my wife works at Bay Street and I work by the Tigne Point.
We were considering to rent an apartment around St. Julian's,Sliema, Sweqi, Msida and Gzira after several researches, we realized Msida and Gzira are kind of far, so far we dont have a car, we have to use the public transport.
If you consider the distance, traffic, bus stops from Msida and Gzira to these places where we work, is not better pay cheaper in a rent somewhere in Qawra or Buguibba.

In the other side, now we know where are everything around, as supermarket, mini-markets, veg market,etc...

How is the life in Qawra or Buggiba?
Will we find everything there.
Do you think im thinking logic?
- Because i would save some cash on the rent and the bus we would take anyway from Gzira or Msida.
Seems in Qawra and Buggiba are much nicer to live, more green.

Please any thought or opnion are very welcomed
Cheers!