Short bed or long bed?

I have had many a short bed. 1983 1996 2001 2003 2005 2008 My 2011 is a long bed. I hauled my 05 33 foot cardinal with 2 different short beds with a manual slider. I hauled for 6 years with a short bed and only used the slider a couple times to get into really tight camping spots. You can easily get by with a short bed. All that being said I greatly prefer my long bed and can not see the day when I would buy another short bed. I used a aux fuel tank in the short beds and use the same in my long bed when towing the Cardinal. I was crammed in tight with the short bed and have what seems to be tons of extra room in the long bed. Also the fuel tank holds 36 gallons compared to 26 gallons on the short beds. The long bed rides better also. Where I am at parking is almost never a issue and I have a very deep wide garage and shop to park in. Also when I became interested in getting a truck camper I was really happy I had the 8 foot bed. So now I have a 5th wheel and a very large Lance Truck Camper. I would not have had the option for a large truck camper without the long bed. JMHO