Poway,,A retirement destination? (San Diego, Oceanside: homes, neighborhoods, high school)

[Dean Trails]

Poway seems to be a great place for Families as the schools are pretty good and it is close to San Diego for jobs. On the other hand, how appropriate is it for retirees?

Any comments from folks that live in the are with regards to health care, senior services, recreation or transportation? Is it a long drive to the beach?

[whiteboyslo]

Rancho Bernardo would be the neighborhood in that area more associated with retirees, but they're so close to one another that either would give you the same benefits. There's plenty of 55+ housing, retirement homes, local transit and health care in either.

Mike

[futbol]

Originally Posted by whiteboyslo

Rancho Bernardo would be the neighborhood in that area more associated with retirees, but they're so close to one another that either would give you the same benefits. There's plenty of 55+ housing, retirement homes, local transit and health care in either.

Mike

I agree.

RB has plenty of retirees, and Poway has a nice hospital on Pomerado and several senior services and housing areas.

The beach is 20+ minutes away on weekends. Just take the 56 to the coast.

[cruitr]

If you want to be a little closer to the beach (but further away from downtown SD), Oceanside has lots of retirees. Plenty of 55+ housing too.

[futbol]

Originally Posted by cruitr

If you want to be a little closer to the beach (but further away from downtown SD), Oceanside has lots of retirees. Plenty of 55+ housing too.

I get the impression that Imperial Beach also has a lot of retirees, many former military.

[jwblue]

Originally Posted by whiteboyslo

Rancho Bernardo would be the neighborhood in that area more associated with retirees, but they're so close to one another that either would give you the same benefits. There's plenty of 55+ housing, retirement homes, local transit and health care in either.

Mike

I thought RB was for families.

[oddstray]

Originally Posted by jwblue

I thought RB was for families.

It has a lot of families. It also has more than the usual neighborhood's quota of retirees, since it has several 55+ complexes.

[whiteboyslo]

Originally Posted by jwblue

I thought RB was for families.

Both. Some of it is by intentional design. Seven Oaks, for example, is a large neighborhood in the heart of RB that is 55+ by rule. Other neighborhoods have mostly older residents just because it's the original owners (all the neighborhoods surrounding the RB Inn, for example). But, as the older generations in these neighborhoods, well, pass on for lack of a better term, the younger families are moving in behind them. Back when my folks bought their place in 1997, we were only the second family on the cul de sac young enough to still have children living at home (high school age). But now there are plenty of younger families on their street, many with very young children.

Mike

[Think4Yourself]

For retirement I think I would look further north to Rancho Bernardo or the Lawrence Welk retirement village (basically a gated community where everyone is 60 or over).

[bigdaddy5]

+1 Rancho Bernardo.

You might want to check out Clairemont or University Also.