Sorry UCGal, I did not have much imagination, did I? 🙂 So at least I imitated the username of a poster I like and agree with. 😉

Thanks for the input!

I work in biotech in North County and my wife in UCSD so commute wise we wouldn’t consider anything south of 56 (except PQ, Poway, Sabre Springs). Actually PQ, RB and Poway are the areas we are targeting. We need a larger home with minimum 4 bdr and 2000 sf since we will have in-laws living with us in a few years. So a townhome is out of question. Our job stability is ok given the current economy – though it does rely on grants/contracts – so far we fared well.