powayseller, you don’t like track home, but you also don’t like living out in the boondocks. Unless you’re ready to buy multi-million dollar custom home, I don’t see how you have much choices in custom homes and in middle of it all.
As for me, Carmel Valley is just one of the easiest area to follow since it has new houses. That’s not where I intend to buy though. For me, Sorrento Valley is much more desirable to me as well as north Mira Mesa, and that where I’ll buy.