Hot take: riding the back car of the 7 train at 6am saved my sanity and I almost missed it
For two years I squeezed onto the middle cars at 34th St during rush hour, face in some guy's backpack, headphones cranked to drown out the crowd. Then a coworker in Long Island City told me the last car is basically empty before 7am, and I tried it for a week straight. Why does nobody talk about the back car, or am I just giving away my secret spot?