Do I need the comma after the opening adjective?

Question

The sentence is:

There, it continues to attract visitors.

vs

There it continues to attract visitors.

I saw the second example on the grammar section of a standardized test and I thought they made a mistake.
Edit:
I don't remember the context but it's something like:

The statue was relocated to New York. There...

Ricky · Answer

It is optional. You don't have to, but you could (i.e. use a comma).
Punctuation depends heavily on intonation, inflection, and all the test of it.
If there's a long enough pause after a word, the rule of thumb is a comma might be advisable to indicate it.

Do I need the comma after the opening adjective?

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