Yes, pretty much the same. I lived for a few years in the south Sabre Springs area near creekside school, we shopped in the Scripps Ranch area off Mercy pkwy. The only difference is the school district. Poway unified is the best, although Scripps Ranch has some of the best school scores of San Diego Unified, so it really is a wash. If you like big trees then SR is for you, although a lot of homes burned due to those pretty trees…