Daisi2112
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Date: 2/10/2009 2:41:56 AM
Author: sba771
I lived and worked in NYC and will be moving to Long Island and my ring is 2.35. I think the average is about 1.5-3. At my work it looked like most were 1.5-2.
Date: 2/10/2009 7:57:08 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 2:41:56 AM
Author: sba771
I lived and worked in NYC and will be moving to Long Island and my ring is 2.35. I think the average is about 1.5-3. At my work it looked like most were 1.5-2.
Hey sba771 where on the island will you be moving to? North Shore?
Date: 2/10/2009 8:09:57 AM
Author: elle_chris
If you''re talking about manhattan I''d say it''s all over the board. There''s really no average. Some people just choose to have a wedding band and I''ve also noticed alot of thin pave eternity rings stacked in my area (battery park city, tribeca). Others have 3+carats.
If you''re talking about the outer boroughs, I''d say around .75ct.
Don''t confuse those of us that live here with commuters for Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island wearing huge rocks![]()
Date: 2/10/2009 8:03:24 AM
Author: sba771
Date: 2/10/2009 7:57:08 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 2:41:56 AM
Author: sba771
I lived and worked in NYC and will be moving to Long Island and my ring is 2.35. I think the average is about 1.5-3. At my work it looked like most were 1.5-2.
Hey sba771 where on the island will you be moving to? North Shore?
I hope I quoted that right- yup the North Shore! We are looking at Plainview, the Huntington area, Syosset and I am currently in love with a house in Greenlawn. We have some time because we are living in Germany until next year, but we have been watching the market and specific houses so hopefully we can get a good deal and have a place to live when we move back. Is that where you are? If so, do you like it?
Hey there neighborDate: 2/10/2009 8:17:33 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 8:09:57 AM
Author: elle_chris
If you''re talking about manhattan I''d say it''s all over the board. There''s really no average. Some people just choose to have a wedding band and I''ve also noticed alot of thin pave eternity rings stacked in my area (battery park city, tribeca). Others have 3+carats.
If you''re talking about the outer boroughs, I''d say around .75ct.
Don''t confuse those of us that live here with commuters for Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island wearing huge rocks![]()
Hi! I''m also from downtown (east village) and gotta say it varies in manhattan but I do find the UES and West village to have to HONKERS of stones (I see so many amazing stones on the moms in our school). Just wanted to say a quickto my fellow Manhattanite![]()
Date: 2/10/2009 8:23:33 AM
Author: elle_chris
Hey there neighborDate: 2/10/2009 8:17:33 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 8:09:57 AM
Author: elle_chris
If you''re talking about manhattan I''d say it''s all over the board. There''s really no average. Some people just choose to have a wedding band and I''ve also noticed alot of thin pave eternity rings stacked in my area (battery park city, tribeca). Others have 3+carats.
If you''re talking about the outer boroughs, I''d say around .75ct.
Don''t confuse those of us that live here with commuters for Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island wearing huge rocks![]()
Hi! I''m also from downtown (east village) and gotta say it varies in manhattan but I do find the UES and West village to have to HONKERS of stones (I see so many amazing stones on the moms in our school). Just wanted to say a quickto my fellow Manhattanite![]()
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Really? When I lived in the west vill (12th between 5th and 6th), I honestly didn''t see that large except on one of my neighbors. Then again, I wasn''t looking as much back then as I am now.. hehehe.
I also think many settings make a stone appear much larger than it actually is. It''s so difficult to really be able to tell the size sometimes.
Date: 2/10/2009 10:51:11 AM
Author: Cocosgirl
I''ve been working in Manhattan for the last 18 years, have lived in LI and am back in Northern NJ -- and I agree that sizes are all over the place. Most of my friends and family who married more than 10-15 years ago hover in the .75-1.0 carat range. (Poor post college boyfriends who blew their savings! Nice boys they are . . .)
However the few friends who married within the last 3-4 years are all over 1 carat -- closer to 2. And in my office I would have to say that the slew of young ladies marrying in the last few years are all somewhere in the 2 carat range and the majority of them live in NYC, Brooklyn and Hoboken. I''ve seen a few smaller stones but mostly they are vintage or heirloom pieces that are unique.
I think it really is a matter of personal preference -- I''ve also seen a bunch of really sweet eternity and stacking bands on the older set and some of the really active ladies I know.
Are you sure you want to post where your daughter goes to school?Date: 2/10/2009 10:21:34 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 8:23:33 AM
Author: elle_chris
Hey there neighborDate: 2/10/2009 8:17:33 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 8:09:57 AM
Author: elle_chris
If you're talking about manhattan I'd say it's all over the board. There's really no average. Some people just choose to have a wedding band and I've also noticed alot of thin pave eternity rings stacked in my area (battery park city, tribeca). Others have 3+carats.
If you're talking about the outer boroughs, I'd say around .75ct.
Don't confuse those of us that live here with commuters for Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island wearing huge rocks![]()
Hi! I'm also from downtown (east village) and gotta say it varies in manhattan but I do find the UES and West village to have to HONKERS of stones (I see so many amazing stones on the moms in our school). Just wanted to say a quickto my fellow Manhattanite![]()
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Really? When I lived in the west vill (12th between 5th and 6th), I honestly didn't see that large except on one of my neighbors. Then again, I wasn't looking as much back then as I am now.. hehehe.
I also think many settings make a stone appear much larger than it actually is. It's so difficult to really be able to tell the size sometimes.
Hey.. you used to live on the block my daughters school in on. She's at First Presbyterian and my other daughter is at City and County school. Do you have kids in school? BTW I agree that many settings make things appear larger than they are. I know my own setting (Halo) makes my stone look much bigger.![]()
Date: 2/10/2009 2:09:10 PM
Author: MC
Are you sure you want to post where your daughter goes to school?Date: 2/10/2009 10:21:34 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 8:23:33 AM
Author: elle_chris
Hey there neighborDate: 2/10/2009 8:17:33 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 8:09:57 AM
Author: elle_chris
If you''re talking about manhattan I''d say it''s all over the board. There''s really no average. Some people just choose to have a wedding band and I''ve also noticed alot of thin pave eternity rings stacked in my area (battery park city, tribeca). Others have 3+carats.
If you''re talking about the outer boroughs, I''d say around .75ct.
Don''t confuse those of us that live here with commuters for Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island wearing huge rocks![]()
Hi! I''m also from downtown (east village) and gotta say it varies in manhattan but I do find the UES and West village to have to HONKERS of stones (I see so many amazing stones on the moms in our school). Just wanted to say a quickto my fellow Manhattanite![]()
![]()
Really? When I lived in the west vill (12th between 5th and 6th), I honestly didn''t see that large except on one of my neighbors. Then again, I wasn''t looking as much back then as I am now.. hehehe.
I also think many settings make a stone appear much larger than it actually is. It''s so difficult to really be able to tell the size sometimes.
Hey.. you used to live on the block my daughters school in on. She''s at First Presbyterian and my other daughter is at City and County school. Do you have kids in school? BTW I agree that many settings make things appear larger than they are. I know my own setting (Halo) makes my stone look much bigger.![]()
No way, I went to high school in Plainview!Date: 2/10/2009 8:03:24 AM
Author: sba771
Date: 2/10/2009 7:57:08 AM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 2:41:56 AM
Author: sba771
I lived and worked in NYC and will be moving to Long Island and my ring is 2.35. I think the average is about 1.5-3. At my work it looked like most were 1.5-2.
Hey sba771 where on the island will you be moving to? North Shore?
I hope I quoted that right- yup the North Shore! We are looking at Plainview, the Huntington area, Syosset and I am currently in love with a house in Greenlawn. We have some time because we are living in Germany until next year, but we have been watching the market and specific houses so hopefully we can get a good deal and have a place to live when we move back. Is that where you are? If so, do you like it?
OMG, that''s my alma mater! I graduated in 93, so I was a senior when your fi was a freshman. Small world! I moved to Old Bethpage when I was 6, and lived there until I graduated HS.Date: 2/10/2009 5:24:55 PM
Author: sba771
Vesper! My FI went to school in Plainview and grew up there! He went to Plainview/Old Bethpage JFK and graduated in 96.
sorry for the threadjack!
Okay, the paranoia is all mine then. . .(I don''t post photos, either to be on the safe side)Date: 2/10/2009 4:22:51 PM
Author: atroop711
Date: 2/10/2009 2:09:10 PM
Author: MC
Are you sure you want to post where your daughter goes to school?
with all of the kids in the school and plus we aren''t celebs..we''re alright with the name being put out there..now my home address I won''t post nor the names of my older kids
That sounds about right to me, based on what I''ve heard in the past.Date: 2/10/2009 2:06:10 PM
Author: Daisi2112
I heard something like .37 was the average in the United States or something.. is that true?
Definitely. A lot of people (vendors and consumers alike) tout 1ct. as being the ''magic number'' to shoot for as a minimum. It''s pretty silly, IMO. I think a .4ct in a beautiful setting can be every bit as beautiful (if not more so!) than the bigger rocks out there.Date: 2/10/2009 7:07:14 PM
Author: Daisi2112
I guess 1ct is a popular carat weight for most rings.