Raptor Highlands Ranch is a very nice area indeed. I am not sure if it is a little bit too far east of what you want but it is a very nice place. It definitely is out of the way if you will be commuting to say La Jolla or anywhere on the I5 corridor. Yes there were a few homes that burned out there and yes it will get hotter in Highlands Ranch then anywhere you have previously been looking. By the same token, in the springtime when those other areas are shrouded in coastal low clouds it will be clear in Highlands Ranch. I take it you are looking at 13409 Highlands Ranch? As a side note there is and has not been alot of activity there. Seems to me that people pretty much buy there and stay… Given your taste based on the other areas you have been looking, I think you could indeed find a home that you like there, but I am not so sure the locale would suit you.
