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Please, see [this related
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/68340/is-it-possible-
to-join-directly-%e3%81%84-adj-%e3%81%93%e3%81%ae-noun) for more context.

Thank you very much.
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What is the difference in meaning between「この自然が多い町」and 「自然が多いこの町」?
In this particular case, both この自然が多い町 and 自然が多いこの町 refer to the same thing,
and they are interchangeable.

In many other cases, however, placing この at a distant place may introduce a
difference in meaning:

  * 魚が美味しいこの町  
This town where fish are delicious

  * この魚が美味しい町  
The town where this (particular) fish is delicious

  * 妻と出会ったこの町  
this town where I met my wife

  * この妻と出会った町  
the town where I met this (current) wife

この自然 ("this nature") is not something we commonly say, so when we hear
この自然が多い町, we usually assume この modifies 町 rather than 自然.

In general, unlike English, Japanese is a rather strictly [head-
final](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_\(linguistics\)#Head-
initial_vs._head-final_languages) language. That is, if there are two or more
modifiers for a single word, they all have to come _before_ the modified word,
and you may have to determine which is modifying which solely by context.
Japanese people learn how to avoid confusion by intuition, but it may seem
hard to learners at first. Basically it's usually safer to place a short
modifier like この as closely as possible to the modified word. See this for
longer discussion: [Are Japanese modifiers "greedy", "anti-greedy", or do they
mean whatever people choose them to
mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/46817/5010)
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