If you REALLLY want to live around this area and want to stay in a corporate owned housing, I’d say the better one is Torrey Villas. At least it’s gated and the amenities is much better.
1 data point: We lived in Torrey Villas for a year in 2005 after we sold our house. We liked it a lot. Of course, things could have changed over 15 years.
I’ll throw in my usual weather spiel while I’m, here, too: The closer you are to the coast, the cooler and cloudier it is in the spring and summer. Every mile you get further from the coast makes a difference. Right on the coast you’ll have lots of days in the upper 60’s with overcast. Carmel Valley is a little warmer and sunnier, Rancho Penasquitos more so, Scripps Ranch even more so. By the time you get to Poway, you’ll have a lot of days in the 80’s with sunshine. In Ramona, it gets hot.
