No.

Not at all.

Had white cabinets all my life until this house (and now they are going to be painted white). White cabinets are not hard to maintain at all.

I've had white cabinets for a year. I am horrified at how dirty my OLD cabinets (and back splash) must have been. I love that I can see any spills, etc. immediately, and with one quick wipe it's clean!

Mine look great. Not hard to maintain. If easy maintenance is a concern, I'd stay away from cabinets with multiple raised panels, frame beads and other decorative nooks and crannies. Ditto for the pulls while you are at it. Plain shaker cabinets if you want to keep cleaning chores to a minimum.

I love that I can see any spills too, and take them off right away

What I don't love-that it's not only me there in the kitchen(well I love it; I'm talking about cabinets now lol)..and DH does something there, like cooking or cutting fruit or whatever and if I don't catch it on time..

and I can't always catch it on time-he's a night animal. I wake up-and hello, there's oil that I rub like crazy, and streaks from some acidic fruits that kinda eat into the paint, and tiny dings. and whatnot

(our cabinets are not white btw, but they're definitely light color)

My teen son is better at wiping, I suspect because he wears his glasses at least sometime, and DH refuses..:)

but they plainly don't see things right away. They even wipe the counter and think it's clean. Well it's not..:) Only with counter, it's easier to still wipe it after.

Some stains and streaks that are on the cabs-I don't know what to do abouut them. Whatever I tried doesn't help, and I'm afraid to be too rough on them too.

I realize it's partially because it's new, and I still remember very well what it took me to do that (pretty small and straightforward) kitchen.

Maybe I'll become more relaxed about it.

They can be maintained nicely, yes. But it depends on who's there and whether you're there with them to see and fix their doings..:)