Maybe I'm alone in this, but, to me, the best seat re: the ERJ is the one in the boarding lounge watching other people get on it.

I don't think I'm generally claustrophobic but that one could induce a panic attack. I've been on it twice, once in 1A and once in 3A (this was USX), and just looking back that loooong, narrow tube with the low ceiling and high seat backs gave me the cold sweats. I've aggressively avoided it ever since. Give me a CRJ anytime, low windows or no.