[quote=ctr70]I guess if you have kids places like Scripps Ranch, Poway make sense. But I would absolutely HATE it there. Total cookie cutter suburbia personafied. Absolutely no character at all. In San Diego suburbia it’s like they cut & pasted the same stip center from Eastlake to Carmel Valley to all of those new areas. Yuck!!! But people love that crap in places like SoCal, Phoenix, Riverside, Dallas…cookie cutter houses and cookie cutter people.
What can’t we have this awesome mediterannean climate, yet neighborhoods with character, walkability, quaint downtowns??… like Portland, SF, Seattle, Boston, etc??? Why does SoCal and the Sunbelt states (Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Florida) have to be this gigantic sea of stucco colored cookie cutter, nowhereland, no character, McMansion suburbia? YUCK!
Mission Hills is much cooler than Scripps or Poway. I would take a craftsman in Morley Field over Scripps anyday. But yes you would have to send the kids to private schools.[/quote]
It all comes down to safety and affordability. Many people prefer to own a “cool” home but how practical and affordable is it? Most builders offer only a few models in a new development to keep cost down. If you prefer an exclusive design you have to find your own architect and builder. Most families are not able or willing to do that.
