I’m curious about your thoughts on short vs long hair - what do you consider short? Because personally my thoughts change a lot depending on whether short is shoulder length, bobbed or cropped! Thanks!
For me, above the shoulder is Short, shoulder-length to chest-length is Medium, beyond that is long.
Obviously styling/maintenance ease depends on other factors like specific length, texture, etc. For example, when I had short hair, it was a chin-length A-line bob of the sort that needs straight hair to look right- and my hair is somewhat wavy (wavier without a lot of weight on it). So I had to heat-style it every time I got it wet, and it was a pain. Someone with stick-straight hair might have found it much easier than I did, though.
And as I've said before long hair that you always wear pinned up might be easier to manage than long hair you always wear loose