[Yo-Yo]

On the slim chance it happens, I really don’t see a down side.

[Wilum]

On the slim chance it happens, I really don’t see a down side.

This Central Upstate New Yorker fully agrees with your statement :D

[Oberon]

I was going to say, that’s rather more a reward for us than a punishment, wouldn’t you think?

[WENDLE]

Just close the place now and move inland 12 feet. That gives you 600 years. What a joke.

[justlurking]

On the slim chance it happens, I really don’t see a down side.

Here's one: those people now concentrated in Manhattan would move inland and pollute the rest of the country.

But, I expect that it is going to happen. It's just a matter of time, as sea levels were 50-100 meters higher for most of the past 120 million years:

NOTE: Y-axis is inverted. Higher sea levels are lower on the graph!

The trend since 1850 has been 2.77 mm/year. At that rate, it would have risen about 1 meter in the past 300+ years since 1660. But, look what has happened to Manhattan in that time:

Humanity has been able to stay ahead of that rise, and actually expanded Manhattan.

[SandRat]

Maybe we can use him ae bait to catch a MEGLADON?