Not sure if heat or tediousness of waiting on geopandas to load data, but it took me ages to realise area isn't projection-independent. 
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Replying to @o_guest
Luckily there are projections that don't distort area?
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Replying to @flourneuro
Yes, there are projections called equal area which preserve the area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Equal-area_projections …
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Replying to @o_guest @flourneuro
One of the most iconic to USAians is Albers conic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albers_projection … And on the issue in general see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection#Equal-area …
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Replying to @o_guest @flourneuro
Obviously I nerded out a little but have to stop myself so I actually get work done. 
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