Rus: Was it the proximity to Camp Pendleton and the Marines that decided it for you? The joke about Fallbrook is it has the “Three M’s”: Marines, Mexicans and millionaires. Of course, being none of the three sort of makes me the odd man out.
Back when I had a motorcycle, I would cruise Campo Road to the border and then into Tecate to the biergarten there. I liked Jamul, especially the off-the-beaten-path feel to it.