What is the Gyotoku district of Tokyo like to live in?

Question:

Me and my girlfriend are moving to Japan at the start of May to teach English, and it looks like we're going to be living in the Gyotoku district of Tokyo (within the Higashi Tokyo district?). We were wondering what it is like to live there (nice and quiet we've heard!), what there is to do there and just any other generally useful info. I hope that's not too vague! Any help at all will be so useful for us!!

Answer:

It used to be great. Tokyo Disneyland is close. So you could have visited there easily. But,,,

Its coastal areas are devastated by the earthquake. This is what we call liquefaction.

They say that its inland areas are still fine. And those stations like Gyotoku, Minami-gyotoku, Myoden, etc are in inland areas. So I hope you will be fine.

But the word "Gyotoku" alone involves some risk. I would make sure where in Gyotoku it is.

Addition:
Gyotoku is next to Urayasu which is the most devastated area in or around Tokyo. You are saying this time that you will live in "Gyotoku". But if you say you will live in "Urayasu" to someone Japanese, they would say "Oh, you will live in Urayasu? Are you OK?" Many houses in Urayasu still do not have running water.

This is photos of Urayasu. This is not on March 11th or so. This was taken on April 2nd. But it's still devastated.
http://kasakoblog.exblog.jp/14539175/

Even if you live in inland areas of Gyotoku, these photos are just 2-3 miles away.