Prefer short castle or long castle?

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prefer short castle

It depends, but most of the times I go short castle instead of long castle.

Always short: easier to prepare: 3 moves instead of 4, no premature queen move required, the king is fine on the g-file. O-O-O takes one more move, a premature queen move to prepare and the king is unsafe on the c-file and usually must spend a move to the b-file also to protect the a-pawn. The exception is, when you want to attack with pawns: h2-h4-h5 supported by Rh1 or g2-g4-g5 supported by Rg1.

I prefer long castle

Took me a minute to figure out that you were talking about queenside vs kingside

short castle

always

I usually go short castle but if I need to, I will long castle.

Unless I'm trying to start an attack on the kingside, I usually short castle.

king in the center

fearlessly

most i'll do is play Kf1 / Kf8

0-0-0. No doubt about it. 

It's way more fun and aggressive to castle long. I only go short if I have to.

short castling looks more solid in defending wise. but choosing where to castle shouldn't be fixed decision, it's about the shape of that particular game and your plans. 

Instead of using short-long castle terms you should use same-opposite side castling. 

You shouldn't have any preference, always choose the one that is best for your current position.

I play the London as white and I like to castle long so I can put my rooks on the G * H files and stuff a pawn storm up the king side.

long castle are perfered when there is a sacrificial pleb

short castle is still a theory

Long castles have scarred me, I prefer short castling since I am more positional rather that attacking

Short 

It depends on the position.

World Chess Champion Boris Spassky was asked which he preferred, chess or sex? He replied:

"It depends on the position".