Trust me . . . not even I would make the contorted stretch and suggest that “4S Ranch is part of Rancho Santa Fe” (I wish). It is located just east of Rancho Santa Fe but the types of homes are very different and in a much different category than the housing stock of Rancho Santa Fe. Don’t get me wrong 4S Ranch is nice and there are many nice homes there. It’s just not Rancho Santa Fe. Howver, it is part of the Rancho Santa Fe fire district and as such was built according to very strict construction standards intended to make it less prone to the types of fires we witnessed this last week. Yes it is part of the Rancho Santa Fe fire district. Yes it is just east of Rancho Santa Fe. Yes the homes are nice homes in a well planned Master Planned Community. No it is not part of Rancho Santa Fe. No the homes there are not in the same category of the average home in Rancho Santa Fe.
So far the “4closure” moniker is unwarranted. There have been foreclosures of course but given the thousands of homes there the rate of foreclosure in 4S is well below average for the state or the San Diego area. Most likely because the average home owner there has more resources to stave off foreclosure. I guess its because the 4S/4closure phrase is catchy but not descriptive . . . at least not yet.
