How long does hair have to be before it is considered long?

[afu]

If i was describing someone to a non-LHC person i would describe them as having long hair from BSL onwards, as near me you don't really see people with longer hair than that. On myself, i think i'll probably be happy that my hair has reached 'long' when i get to waist or maybe hip

[Fabulosity]

I work on the Navajo reservation, and have lived with my people for most of my life. I had lost my long hair due to thyroid cancer but it is now at my waist. And it is still short compared to all of my family - men and women. Here, you wouldn't call hair short or long, I don't think. No one refers to it that way. It is a part of our heritage and our being and our power as people of this earth.

[kallarina]

I think it depends on the person. Let's say a person is very short waisted. Waist length on them is shorter than waist length on someone else. Now let's say a person is very tall with a long torso. Hip length on them would be longer than on someone else. I really think it depends on the person, their hair type, and their body shape.
I say "long" is wherever you think "long enough" is. I still haven't reached "long enough" so I guess I haven't figured out what long hair is yet.

[earthnut]

I think of shoulder+ as "medium long", BSL+ as "long", and classic+ as "very long". At BSL, I feel a need to start wearing my hair up to protect it. The rest of the world seems to think shoulder+ is "long" and BSL+ is "very long".

[turtlelover]

I think once you are a few inches past shoulder heading for APL, most of society would consider your hair long.

[Laur]

Society thinks my just-barely-APL hair is long, but I don't think it's long until its approaching waist. (and even then, it doesn't often "feel" long)