Idk how the fuck you do it. I visited NYC last summer and after the first day I was like fuck this shit and paid for Ubers. When I lived there my ex and I always just used taxis so it was my first time using the metro for anything but novelty. My friend called me spoiled. The smell of human flesh sweating was enough for me to be like nope, fuck that shit. Smelly hams are probably the worst.