When I lived in England, a dishwasher was considered as an essential appliance. Everyone has one and can't imagine life without one. When we moved here, we felt like we needed a dishwasher as well. We removed one of our kitchen cabinets and installed a Teco dishwasher. It was great to start with, but we found that we used it less and less. Especially now that we have someone who we could never dream of having in the UK, a maid.
Our dishwasher just became a hotel for cockroaches. When we remodelled the kitchen we got rid of it. And to be honest, if you calculate the time it takes to load the dishwasher and unload it, the time in-between to wash the up isn't that much of a chore.