When expressing "to leave," as in "I left the store," or "I can leave the
country," is there a difference in nuance or meaning between the verbs 出る and
去る?

> まあ、少なくとも、この国を出ることはできるな。 Well, at least I can leave this country.
>
> まあ、少なくとも、この国を去ることはできるな。 Well, at least I can leave this country. （？）
>
> 店を出ると、犬を連れた二人の中年女性が通りかかりました。 When I left the shop, two middle-aged women
> with dogs were passing by.
>
> 店を去ると、犬を連れた二人の中年女性が通りかかりました。 When I left the shop, two middle-aged women
> with dogs were passing by.(?)
>
> 私は、そこを去って別の電気製品を1時間近く見たところで、また「肩モミ椅子」の辺りにやってきました。 I moved on and after
> looking at other things for about an hour came by the chair display again.
>
> 私は、そこを出て別の電気製品を1時間近く見たところで、また「肩モミ椅子」の辺りにやってきました。 I moved on and after
> looking at other things for about an hour came by the chair display
> again.(?)
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Differences between 出るand 去る when expressing someone leaving
出る means "leaving out of a bounded/surrounded area". 去る means "leave to a
remote place" and often implies "leaving for permanent". Also から sounds more
natural than を with 去る.

  * For your sentence 1 and 2, I think they are equally fine.
  * I feel sentence 4 a bit unnatural compared to sentence 3. Perhaps this is because 店 is not as strongly a place as are 国 and そこ. Rather it is a building (with surrounding walls), so 出る sounds better. Also 店を去ると would not mean "when I stepped out of the store". It rather means "after I walked far enough from the store".
  * For sentence 5 and 6, using 去って means "leaving the section that has the particular electronic thing"; using 出て means "leaving the building".
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