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>How can the sea rise more on one coast than all the others?
There are a number of ways. The first and most common is what you pointed out, land sinking (subsidence). But there are also more complex factors. Things like tides on the larger scale play a role (circulation 'rivers' in the ocean exist, and like a NASCAR driver on a steep turn, as they curve the water piles up on the outside and thins out on the inside) , as do the gravitational pull of continents (small, but a real effect), and I think there are some others I can't remember.
The book "High Tide on Main Street" covers sea level rise with some great details like these (having just read it is the only reason I knew about gravitational pull of continents, which I think is fascinating!)
Interesting note, the book came out a week before Sandy hit, ironic because that's exactly the kind of event the book describes as a possibility!