If you’re single and/or childless, there are several nice 1-br’s and even some 2-br’s in PB in your price range.
If you’re married with one child, I’d assume that you need 2 bedrooms and non-ghetto public schools. Therefore, UTC or Mira Mesa (and there’s even a possibility of getting into Scripps Ranch).
With two or more children of opposite genders, Santee.
