To me, long hair is actually less maintenance. You can just brush it, leave it alone and it looks good. (Generally.)

But to be very honest, I would recommend short hair to anyone. My hair is cust just like this:



and I love it. (PS that isn't me.)

I would recommend it, even if you don't want to do a lot to it. You can keep short hair looking good with little energy. I just choose not to.