Buying house in San Diego

[Sweta Jain]

Hi,

I am looking to buy a 3 bed single family house with decent schools in San Diego. Budget is about ~900K and looking at places which have good appreciation (and less risk of depreciation) in San diego. Currently I am looking at mira mesa area 92126 as I see ~900K houses there and schools also are rated 7-9. 

Can someone local to San Diego share insights on local SD areas which meet above criteria? Is Mira Mesa a desirable and safe area to live/rent? How is Poway? (it seems a bit too far to me but budget wise I might be able to find something there).

Thanks