428-word version:
Although most of us take the subway for two reasons, one, to save money on gas, and two, to save time from traffic, I take the subway for one reason, to save myself from the microscopic view of my “sheltered” world and to deliver myself to the “unsheltered” real world...

371-word version:
Although most of us take the subway for two reasons, one, to save money on gas, and two, to save time from traffic, I take the subway for one reason, to save myself from the microscopic view of my “sheltered” world and to deliver myself to the “unsheltered” real world...