I agree with a lot of what's been said. Herding breed people are sooo on a high horse. As are working breed people, and hound breed people, and terrier breed people, and toy breed people. Everyone thinks their breed is BEYOND being just a dog, that their breed is special. And of course it is! All dogs are incredibly special. People need to remember that for every breed they may overlook or dislike, another person loves that breed with a passion. There's no point in being so snobby. Dogs are dogs, they are beautiful, delightful individuals within their own breeds. But they're all dogs. BCs, chihuahuas, akitas, filas, dobes, spitz, greyhounds... all similar genetic makeup, all dogs. There is nothing sooooo extraordinary about any breed that it defies the species as a whole. Hate hearing people say "Oh _______'s aren't JUST dogs". Yes, dear. They actually are just dogs. What's so bad about that? Dogs are AWESOME.
There are breeds within the herding group that I'd consider easier to live with than others. For me, it'd be border collies, GSDs and Aussies. There are some that wouldn't fit me well, such as Mals and Koolies. I don't think think any breed is harder to live with than another, it's just a matter of your preferences. I like an energetic dog like a BC or GSD or Aussie, and I can live with most quirks, so herding breeds work great for me.
The quirks that pop up randomly well into adulthood are something that I think needs to be emphasized, though. You can get a perfect herding breed puppy who, like any person, will develop pretty intense "likes" and "dislikes" even as they're grown. All dogs do this, but herding breeds seem to do it with a greater intensity that can really throw people off. My dog wasn't sound sensitive until she was well over 2 years old, how's that for a surprise? I'm not saying that she developed that because she's a border collie and border collies are THE HARDEST DOGS EVER TO LIVE WITH. I'm just saying it as a small warning, that sometimes their quirks can limit them a bit.
There are things I don't like in dogs (lots of barking for example) that I would really like to know about when asking questions about a new breed. I would've been ordering myself a shiny new Koolie had I not heard through here that they have some traits that make them unsuitable for me. I would imagine some people would like to know about the downsides of my particular breed or anyone else's, too, if they were looking into it. It's not always being on a high horse. Sometimes it's just saying "this is how these dogs are".