I almost always prefer clean installation when possible, while making sure to backup important content from highly accessed folders like Desktop, Downloads and Documents (on Windows), for example.

Inb4 reddit karma farms pop-up all over the third world promising unlimited upvotes.

Your impression isn’t super far off from the reality of the state of railways in India, but the central (federal) government there has been making substantial investments into the train systems. It’s just that this particular region has long been known for being marginalized and neglected when it comes to infrastructure development and funding in general.

Beat me to it. Came here to say exactly this.