I made the mistake of switching from 9L to 1L. DXB-EWR. Do not sit in 1L as the FAs congregate in the galley area and I kept being woken up by their intermittent chatter. I went to the rear of Polaris and saw they congregate in the forward galley area and wished I had stayed in 9L.
The FAs were very nice but wish they were more savvy about chatting in the forward galley area.